Liver imaging at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$6,846.36
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$6,846.36
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$175.52 with Texas Health Network vs $6,161.72 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $175.52 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $179.10 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $179.10 | ↓ -97% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $179.10 | ↓ -97% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $179.10 | ↓ -97% |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $179.10 | ↓ -97% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $187.45 | ↓ -97% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $187.45 | ↓ -97% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $187.45 | ↓ -97% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $187.45 | ↓ -97% |
| United | MGMCD | $191.20 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $197.01 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $197.01 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $197.01 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $197.01 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $202.45 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | MCD | $223.88 | ↓ -97% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $310.16 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | BAV | $334.84 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $410.78 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $410.78 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $410.78 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $410.78 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $410.78 | ↓ -94% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | HMO | $599.18 | ↓ -91% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $622.09 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | PPO | $643.24 | ↓ -91% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $929.86 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $957.00 | ↓ -86% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,101.15 | ↓ -84% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,101.15 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,136.50 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,204.96 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,271.95 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,271.95 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,271.95 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,353.05 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,353.05 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,353.05 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,590.95 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,590.95 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,590.95 | ↓ -77% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $1,643.13 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,719.36 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,719.36 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,719.36 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,745.82 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $1,869.06 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | HMO | $2,184.67 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | PPO | $2,184.67 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,396.23 | ↓ -65% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $2,396.23 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $2,396.23 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,738.54 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $2,738.54 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $2,943.93 | ↓ -57% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $3,080.86 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $3,080.86 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $3,080.86 | ↓ -55% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $3,423.18 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $3,649.11 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $3,765.50 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $3,765.50 | ↓ -45% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $4,107.82 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $4,107.82 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $4,107.82 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $4,107.82 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $4,450.13 | ↓ -35% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $5,477.09 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $5,614.02 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $5,819.41 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $5,819.41 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $6,161.72 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $6,161.72 | ↓ -10% |
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Liver imaging at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,279.10 | $175.43 – $1,598.87 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $827.28 | $170.28 – $1,338.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,328.66 | $175.43 – $1,660.83 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,279.10 | $175.43 – $1,598.87 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $827.28 | $187.71 – $1,338.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $827.28 | $175.43 – $1,338.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,328.66 | $175.43 – $1,993.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,279.10 | $175.43 – $1,598.87 |