Mayo dhea (dehydroepiandrosterone) 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

$1,242.02

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.

$1,242.02

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.

$20.81 with Texas Health Network vs $1,014.85 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.

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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
Texas Health Network MCD $20.81 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCD $21.23 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $21.23 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $21.23 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $21.23 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $21.23 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $21.23 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $21.23 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $21.23 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $21.23 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $21.65 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $22.93 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $23.35 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $23.35 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $23.35 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $23.35 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $24.76 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $25.27 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $25.27 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $25.27 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $25.27 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $25.27 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $25.27 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $25.27 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $25.27 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $25.27 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $25.27 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $25.27 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $25.27 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $25.27 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $25.27 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $25.27 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $25.27 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $25.27 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $25.27 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $25.27 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $25.40 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $25.48 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $25.52 ↓ -98%
United MCR $25.78 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $26.03 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $26.03 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $26.03 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $26.03 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $26.03 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $26.03 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $26.53 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $26.53 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $26.53 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $26.53 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $26.53 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $26.53 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $26.53 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $26.53 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $26.53 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $26.54 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $26.79 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $26.79 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $26.79 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $26.79 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $26.79 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $27.35 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $27.35 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $27.54 ↓ -98%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $29.06 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $30.32 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $32.85 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice HIX $36.64 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $36.64 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $39.17 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $39.17 ↓ -97%
UTMB MGMCR $41.19 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $50.03 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $51.05 ↓ -96%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $53.07 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $54.33 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $56.35 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $67.66 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $67.66 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $67.66 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $67.66 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $67.66 ↓ -95%
BCBS HMO $70.50 ↓ -94%
Oscar HIX $73.03 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $75.56 ↓ -94%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $75.82 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $80.61 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $92.59 ↓ -93%
Cigna CSN $104.53 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $113.22 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPPO $123.14 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBHMO $123.14 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPOS $123.14 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPOS $130.82 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPPO $130.82 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMHMO $130.82 ↓ -89%
Cigna PPO $134.70 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONPPO $153.68 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONHMO $153.68 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONPOS $153.68 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAPOS $166.17 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAPPO $166.17 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAHMO $166.17 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $187.18 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $198.46 ↓ -84%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $270.63 ↓ -78%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $307.84 ↓ -75%
IPA Management Services COMM $310.50 ↓ -75%
Humana HMO $337.58 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $337.58 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $394.66 ↓ -68%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $394.66 ↓ -68%
Imagine Health PPO $394.66 ↓ -68%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $484.87 ↓ -61%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $507.42 ↓ -59%
United GlobalAppendix $507.42 ↓ -59%
Averde Health Commercial $507.42 ↓ -59%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $563.80 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $601.02 ↓ -52%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $620.19 ↓ -50%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $620.19 ↓ -50%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $676.57 ↓ -46%
Beech Street WCOMP $676.57 ↓ -46%
Independent Medical System COMM $676.57 ↓ -46%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $676.57 ↓ -46%
Coastal Comp COMM $732.95 ↓ -41%
Beech Street COMMPPO $902.09 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $924.64 ↓ -26%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $958.47 ↓ -23%
Physicians, INC COMM $958.47 ↓ -23%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $993.62 ↓ -20%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,014.85 ↓ -18%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,014.85 ↓ -18%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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