Lung Function Test Before and After an Inhaler at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
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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.
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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.
$110.47 with BCBS vs $3,039.09 with Affiliated PPO — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $110.47 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $121.80 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $152.49 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $152.49 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $152.49 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $202.61 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $202.61 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $202.61 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $202.61 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $202.61 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $438.98 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $438.98 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $438.98 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $438.98 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $472.75 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $472.75 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $499.76 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $540.28 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $594.31 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $641.59 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $658.47 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $810.42 | — |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $844.19 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $861.08 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $921.86 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,050.18 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,050.18 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,050.18 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,117.71 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,117.71 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,117.71 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1,118.72 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,118.72 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,181.87 | — |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $1,181.87 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $1,181.87 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,310.19 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,310.19 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,310.19 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,350.71 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,350.71 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,414.87 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,414.87 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,414.87 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $1,452.01 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,519.55 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $1,519.55 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $1,519.55 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,749.17 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,857.22 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,857.22 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,026.06 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $2,026.06 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $2,026.06 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $2,194.90 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $2,532.58 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $2,701.42 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,768.95 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $2,870.25 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $2,870.25 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $2,870.25 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $3,039.09 | — |
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Lung Function Test Before and After an Inhaler at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $628.51 | $144.93 – $805.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $669.63 | $137.83 – $1,004.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $786.77 | $142.57 – $983.46 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $628.51 | $110.47 – $805.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $669.63 | $174.20 – $1,004.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $669.63 | $345.98 – $1,004.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $786.77 | $142.57 – $1,180.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $628.51 | $144.93 – $805.95 |