Methacholine chloride 0.0625 mg/ml nebulization soln 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

$409.37

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.

$409.37

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.

$1.47 with BCBS vs $368.43 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1.47 ↓ -100%
BCBS BAV $1.62 ↓ -100%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1.63 ↓ -100%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1.63 ↓ -100%
BCBS EPOSOA $2.03 ↓ -100%
BCBS HMO $2.03 ↓ -100%
BCBS PPO $2.03 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $3.14 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.14 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.14 ↓ -99%
Cigna CSN $4.19 ↓ -99%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $4.53 ↓ -99%
Humana PPO $5.26 ↓ -99%
Humana HMO $5.26 ↓ -99%
Cigna PPO $5.40 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $24.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $24.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $24.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $24.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $24.56 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $27.14 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $53.22 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $53.22 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $53.22 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $53.22 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $57.31 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $57.31 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $67.96 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $72.05 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $97.02 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $97.02 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $98.25 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $110.53 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $122.81 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $143.28 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $176.03 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $184.22 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $218.19 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $225.15 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $225.15 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $245.62 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $245.62 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $245.62 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $245.62 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $266.09 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $327.50 ↓ -20%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $327.50 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $335.68 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $347.96 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $347.96 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $368.43 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $368.43 ↓ -10%

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