Methotrexate therapeutic drug level 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

$1,591.63

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.

$1,591.63

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.

$20.06 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,273.30 with Cigna Behavioral Health — 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 $20.06 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $20.06 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STAR $20.06 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $20.06 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $20.06 ↓ -99%
Texas Health Network MCD $31.75 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $32.40 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $32.40 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $32.40 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $32.40 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $32.40 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $32.40 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $32.40 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $32.40 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCD $32.40 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $33.05 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $34.99 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $35.64 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $35.64 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $35.64 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $35.64 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $37.80 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $38.57 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $38.57 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $38.57 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $38.57 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $38.57 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $38.57 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $38.57 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $38.57 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $38.57 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $38.57 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $38.57 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $38.57 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $38.57 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $38.57 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $38.57 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $38.57 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $38.57 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $38.57 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $38.57 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $38.76 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $38.90 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $38.96 ↓ -98%
United MCR $39.34 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $39.73 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $39.73 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $39.73 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $39.73 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $39.73 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $39.73 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $40.50 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $40.50 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $40.50 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $40.50 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $40.50 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $40.50 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $40.50 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MGMCR $40.50 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $40.50 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $40.50 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $40.88 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $40.88 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $40.88 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $40.88 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $40.88 ↓ -97%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $41.74 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $41.74 ↓ -97%
Molina MGMCR $42.04 ↓ -97%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $44.36 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $46.28 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MCR $50.14 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $55.50 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $55.93 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice HIX $55.93 ↓ -96%
United OptionsPPO $58.84 ↓ -96%
Superior EPO $59.78 ↓ -96%
Superior HMO $59.78 ↓ -96%
UTMB MGMCR $62.87 ↓ -96%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $76.37 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $77.91 ↓ -95%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $80.24 ↓ -95%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $81.00 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare HIX $82.93 ↓ -95%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $85.26 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $86.01 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPExchange $88.60 ↓ -94%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $91.27 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $106.69 ↓ -93%
Humana PPO $106.69 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPPO $107.32 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBHMO $107.32 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPOS $107.32 ↓ -93%
BCBS HMO $107.61 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $111.47 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMPOS $114.34 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMPPO $114.34 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMHMO $114.34 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $115.32 ↓ -93%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $117.02 ↓ -93%
Imagine Health PPO $117.02 ↓ -93%
BCBS Traditional $117.02 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $123.04 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPOS $134.07 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONHMO $134.07 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPPO $134.07 ↓ -92%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $143.77 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAHMO $144.77 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAPOS $144.77 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAPPO $144.77 ↓ -91%
United GlobalAppendix $150.45 ↓ -91%
Averde Health Commercial $150.45 ↓ -91%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $150.45 ↓ -91%
Cigna CSN $158.91 ↓ -90%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $167.17 ↓ -89%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $172.12 ↓ -89%
Coventry National First Health COMM $178.20 ↓ -89%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $183.89 ↓ -88%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $183.89 ↓ -88%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $200.60 ↓ -87%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $200.60 ↓ -87%
Beech Street WCOMP $200.60 ↓ -87%
Independent Medical System COMM $200.60 ↓ -87%
Cigna PPO $204.79 ↓ -87%
Coastal Comp COMM $217.32 ↓ -86%
Beech Street COMMPPO $267.47 ↓ -83%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $274.16 ↓ -83%
Physicians, INC COMM $284.19 ↓ -82%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $284.19 ↓ -82%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $300.91 ↓ -81%
Affiliated PPO COMM $300.91 ↓ -81%
IPA Management Services COMM $397.91 ↓ -75%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,273.30 ↓ -20%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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