Mayo thyroglobulin 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

$943.28

Cash price

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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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$943.28

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.

$13.22 with Texas Health Network vs $848.95 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.

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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 $13.22 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $13.49 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $13.49 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $13.49 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $13.49 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $13.49 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCD $13.49 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $13.49 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $13.49 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.49 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $13.76 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $14.57 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $14.84 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $14.84 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $14.84 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $14.84 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $15.74 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.06 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.06 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $16.06 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.06 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.06 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $16.06 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $16.06 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $16.06 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $16.06 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $16.06 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.06 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $16.06 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $16.06 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $16.06 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $16.06 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $16.06 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $16.06 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $16.06 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $16.06 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $16.14 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $16.20 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $16.22 ↓ -98%
United MCR $16.38 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $16.54 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $16.54 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $16.54 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $16.54 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $16.54 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $16.54 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $16.86 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $16.86 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $16.86 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $16.86 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $16.86 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $16.86 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $16.86 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $16.86 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $16.86 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $16.86 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $17.02 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $17.02 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $17.02 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $17.02 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $17.02 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $17.38 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $17.38 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $17.51 ↓ -98%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $18.47 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $19.27 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $20.88 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $23.29 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $23.29 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $24.89 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $24.89 ↓ -97%
UTMB MGMCR $26.18 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $31.80 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $32.44 ↓ -97%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $33.73 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $34.53 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $35.81 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $44.81 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $46.41 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $48.02 ↓ -95%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $48.18 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $51.23 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $56.60 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $56.60 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $56.60 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $56.60 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $56.60 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $58.85 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $65.51 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $70.96 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPPO $78.27 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBHMO $78.27 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPOS $78.27 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPPO $83.15 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMHMO $83.15 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPOS $83.15 ↓ -91%
Cigna PPO $84.43 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONHMO $97.68 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPOS $97.68 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPPO $97.68 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPOS $105.62 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAHMO $105.62 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPPO $105.62 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $156.58 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $166.02 ↓ -82%
Humana PPO $214.56 ↓ -77%
Humana HMO $214.56 ↓ -77%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $226.39 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $235.82 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $257.52 ↓ -73%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $330.15 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $330.15 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $330.15 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $405.61 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $424.48 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $424.48 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $424.48 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $471.64 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $502.77 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $518.80 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $518.80 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $565.97 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $565.97 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $565.97 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $565.97 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $613.13 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $754.62 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $754.62 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $773.49 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $801.79 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $801.79 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $848.95 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $848.95 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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