Mayo chromium at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE

225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$61.02

Cash price

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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.

$61.02

Gross charge

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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.

$3.66 with Superior Health Plan vs $270.93 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Superior Health Plan CHIP $3.66 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $3.66 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $3.66 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $3.66 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $3.66 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $10.13 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $10.74 ↓ -82%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $14.64 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $16.66 ↓ -73%
Texas Health Network MCD $16.70 ↓ -73%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $17.04 ↓ -72%
UTMB MGMCD $17.04 ↓ -72%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $17.04 ↓ -72%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $17.04 ↓ -72%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $17.04 ↓ -72%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $17.04 ↓ -72%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $17.04 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup MGMCD $17.04 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $17.04 ↓ -72%
United MGMCD $17.38 ↓ -72%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $18.40 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $18.74 ↓ -69%
Molina Healthcare STAR $18.74 ↓ -69%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $18.74 ↓ -69%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $18.74 ↓ -69%
Oscar MGMCR $19.87 ↓ -67%
United AllPayerAppendix $20.28 ↓ -67%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $20.28 ↓ -67%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $20.28 ↓ -67%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $20.28 ↓ -67%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $20.28 ↓ -67%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $20.28 ↓ -67%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $20.28 ↓ -67%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $20.28 ↓ -67%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $20.28 ↓ -67%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $20.28 ↓ -67%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $20.28 ↓ -67%
BCBS MCRPPO $20.28 ↓ -67%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $20.28 ↓ -67%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $20.28 ↓ -67%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $20.28 ↓ -67%
Devoted Health MGMCR $20.28 ↓ -67%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $20.28 ↓ -67%
United SmallGroup $20.28 ↓ -67%
Amerigroup DualEligible $20.28 ↓ -67%
WellMed MGMCR $20.38 ↓ -67%
Aetna MCR $20.45 ↓ -66%
Van Lang IPA MCR $20.48 ↓ -66%
United MCR $20.69 ↓ -66%
WellCare POS $20.89 ↓ -66%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $20.89 ↓ -66%
WellCare PFFS $20.89 ↓ -66%
WellCare MCRHMO $20.89 ↓ -66%
WellCare PPO $20.89 ↓ -66%
WellCare SNP $20.89 ↓ -66%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $21.29 ↓ -65%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $21.29 ↓ -65%
American Health Plan MGMCR $21.29 ↓ -65%
Shared Health MGMCR $21.29 ↓ -65%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $21.29 ↓ -65%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $21.29 ↓ -65%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $21.29 ↓ -65%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $21.29 ↓ -65%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $21.29 ↓ -65%
Humana MCD $21.30 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $21.36 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $21.36 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $21.36 ↓ -65%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $21.50 ↓ -65%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $21.50 ↓ -65%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $21.50 ↓ -65%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $21.50 ↓ -65%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $21.50 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $21.95 ↓ -64%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $21.95 ↓ -64%
Molina MGMCR $22.11 ↓ -64%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $23.32 ↓ -62%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $24.34 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $26.24 ↓ -57%
Verda Health Plan MCR $26.36 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $27.46 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $27.46 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $27.46 ↓ -55%
Community Health Choice HIX $29.41 ↓ -52%
Superior ValueHMO $29.41 ↓ -52%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $30.51 ↓ -50%
Superior HMO $31.43 ↓ -48%
Superior EPO $31.43 ↓ -48%
Coventry National First Health COMM $32.52 ↓ -47%
UTMB MGMCR $33.06 ↓ -46%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $33.56 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $33.56 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $36.61 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $36.61 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $36.61 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $36.61 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $39.66 ↓ -35%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $40.15 ↓ -34%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $40.97 ↓ -33%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $42.59 ↓ -30%
Molina Healthcare HIX $43.60 ↓ -29%
BCBS BAV $45.22 ↓ -26%
Beech Street COMMPPO $48.82 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $50.04 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $51.87 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $51.87 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $54.92 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $54.92 ↓ -10%
BCBS HMO $56.58 ↓ -7%
Oscar HIX $58.61 ↓ -4%
BCBS EPOSOA $60.64 ↓ -1%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $60.84 ↓ -0%
BCBS PPO $64.69 ↑ +6%
Aetna QHPExchange $74.28 ↑ +22%
Cigna CSN $83.66 ↑ +37%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $90.61 ↑ +48%
Aetna NBHMO $98.78 ↑ +62%
Aetna NBPPO $98.78 ↑ +62%
Aetna NBPOS $98.78 ↑ +62%
Aetna COMMPOS $104.94 ↑ +72%
Aetna COMMHMO $104.94 ↑ +72%
Aetna COMMPPO $104.94 ↑ +72%
Cigna PPO $107.81 ↑ +77%
Aetna OONHMO $123.28 ↑ +102%
Aetna OONPOS $123.28 ↑ +102%
Aetna OONPPO $123.28 ↑ +102%
Aetna ASAPOS $133.30 ↑ +118%
Aetna ASAPPO $133.30 ↑ +118%
Aetna ASAHMO $133.30 ↑ +118%
Humana HMO $270.93 ↑ +344%
Humana PPO $270.93 ↑ +344%
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