Lymphocytotoxicity assay 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.
$39.18 with Texas Health Network vs $635.68 with Humana — 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 |
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| Texas Health Network | MCD | $39.18 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $39.98 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $39.98 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $39.98 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $39.98 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $39.98 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $39.98 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $39.98 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $39.98 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $39.98 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $40.78 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $43.18 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $43.98 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $43.98 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $43.98 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $43.98 | — |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $46.64 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $47.59 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $47.59 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $47.59 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $47.59 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $47.59 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $47.59 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $47.59 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $47.59 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | MCR | $47.59 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | COMM | $47.59 | — |
| Kelsey Seybold | MGMCR | $47.59 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $47.59 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $47.59 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $47.59 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $47.59 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $47.59 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $47.59 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $47.59 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $47.59 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $47.83 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $47.99 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $48.07 | — |
| United | MCR | $48.54 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $49.02 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $49.02 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $49.02 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $49.02 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $49.02 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $49.02 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $49.97 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $49.97 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $49.97 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $49.97 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $49.97 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $49.97 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $49.97 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $49.97 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $49.97 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $49.97 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $50.45 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $50.45 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $50.45 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $50.45 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $50.45 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $51.51 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $51.51 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $51.87 | — |
| Kindred Hospital | MGMCR | $54.73 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $57.11 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $61.87 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $69.01 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $69.01 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $73.76 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $73.76 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCR | $77.57 | — |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $94.23 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $96.13 | — |
| OMNI Healthcare | WORKERSCOMP | $99.94 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $102.32 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $106.13 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $132.78 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $137.54 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $142.29 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $142.77 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $151.81 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $174.34 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $195.15 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $211.38 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $231.85 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $231.85 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $231.85 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $246.32 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $246.32 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $246.32 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $251.49 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $289.36 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $289.36 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $289.36 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $312.87 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $312.87 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $312.87 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $635.68 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $635.68 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Lymphocytotoxicity assay at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $42.83 – $183.22 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $39.98 – $195.15 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $103.93 – $207.49 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $39.18 – $195.15 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | not published | $39.18 – $195.15 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | not published | $39.98 – $195.15 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | not published | $39.98 – $195.15 |
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | not published | $39.18 – $195.15 |