Mayo iodine 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

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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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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.

$19.84 with Texas Health Network vs $8,686.31 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 $19.84
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $20.25
UTMB MGMCD $20.25
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $20.25
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $20.25
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $20.25
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $20.25
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $20.25
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $20.25
Amerigroup MGMCD $20.25
United MGMCD $20.66
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $21.87
Molina Healthcare STAR $22.28
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $22.28
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $22.28
Molina Healthcare CHIP $22.28
Oscar MGMCR $23.63
United SmallGroup $24.11
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $24.11
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $24.11
United AllPayerAppendix $24.11
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $24.11
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $24.11
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $24.11
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $24.11
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $24.11
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $24.11
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $24.11
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $24.11
Devoted Health MGMCR $24.11
BCBS MCRPPO $24.11
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $24.11
CHC Harris Health Indigent $24.11
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $24.11
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $24.11
Amerigroup DualEligible $24.11
WellMed MGMCR $24.23
Aetna MCR $24.31
Van Lang IPA MCR $24.35
United MCR $24.59
WellCare PFFS $24.83
WellCare PPO $24.83
WellCare SNP $24.83
WellCare POS $24.83
WellCare MCRHMO $24.83
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $24.83
Humana MCD $25.31
Shared Health MGMCR $25.32
Superior Health Plan PFFS $25.32
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $25.32
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $25.32
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $25.32
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $25.32
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $25.32
American Health Plan MGMCR $25.32
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $25.32
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $25.56
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $25.56
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $25.56
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $25.56
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $25.56
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $26.09
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $26.09
Molina MGMCR $26.28
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $27.73
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $28.93
Verda Health Plan MCR $31.34
Superior ValueHMO $34.96
Community Health Choice HIX $34.96
Superior HMO $37.37
Superior EPO $37.37
UTMB MGMCR $39.30
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $47.74
BCBS MyBlueHealth $48.70
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $50.63
Molina Healthcare HIX $51.84
BCBS BAV $53.77
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $58.59
BCBS HMO $67.27
Oscar HIX $69.68
BCBS EPOSOA $72.09
BCBS PPO $76.91
Aetna QHPExchange $88.30
Cigna CSN $98.98
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $107.21
Aetna NBPOS $117.43
Aetna NBHMO $117.43
Aetna NBPPO $117.43
Aetna COMMPPO $124.76
Aetna COMMPOS $124.76
Aetna COMMHMO $124.76
Cigna PPO $127.56
Aetna OONHMO $146.56
Aetna OONPPO $146.56
Aetna OONPOS $146.56
Aetna ASAPOS $158.47
Aetna ASAHMO $158.47
Aetna ASAPPO $158.47
Humana HMO $260.87
Humana PPO $260.87
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $579.09
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $579.09
Superior Health Plan STARKids $579.09
Superior Health Plan STAR $579.09
Superior Health Plan CHIP $579.09
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,602.14
United OptionsPPO $1,698.66
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $2,316.35
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,634.85
Imagine Health PPO $3,378.01
BCBS Traditional $3,378.01
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $3,378.01
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $4,150.13
United GlobalAppendix $4,343.16
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $4,343.16
Averde Health Commercial $4,343.16
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $4,825.73
Coventry National First Health COMM $5,144.23
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $5,308.30
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $5,308.30
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,790.88
Independent Medical System COMM $5,790.88
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $5,790.88
Beech Street WCOMP $5,790.88
Coastal Comp COMM $6,273.45
Beech Street COMMPPO $7,721.17
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $7,914.20
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $8,203.74
Physicians, INC COMM $8,203.74
Affiliated PPO COMM $8,686.31
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $8,686.31
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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