Microalbumin urine screen at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
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Cash price 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.
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Gross charge 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.
$5.13 with Texas Health Network vs $406.17 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Texas Health Network | MCD | $5.13 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $5.23 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $5.23 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $5.23 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $5.23 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $5.23 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $5.23 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $5.23 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $5.23 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $5.23 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $5.33 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $5.65 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $5.75 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $5.75 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $5.75 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $5.75 | — |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $6.11 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $6.23 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $6.23 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $6.23 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $6.23 | — |
| Kelsey Seybold | MGMCR | $6.23 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $6.23 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $6.23 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $6.23 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $6.23 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $6.23 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $6.23 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $6.23 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $6.23 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $6.23 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $6.23 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $6.23 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | MCR | $6.23 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | COMM | $6.23 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $6.23 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $6.26 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $6.28 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $6.29 | — |
| United | MCR | $6.35 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $6.42 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $6.42 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $6.42 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $6.42 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $6.42 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $6.42 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $6.54 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $6.54 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $6.54 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $6.54 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $6.54 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $6.54 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $6.54 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $6.54 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $6.54 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $6.54 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $6.60 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $6.60 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $6.60 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $6.60 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $6.60 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $6.74 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $6.74 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $6.79 | — |
| Kindred Hospital | MGMCR | $7.16 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $7.48 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $8.10 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $9.03 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $9.03 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $9.66 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $9.66 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCR | $10.15 | — |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $12.34 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $12.58 | — |
| OMNI Healthcare | WORKERSCOMP | $13.08 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $13.39 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $13.89 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $15.14 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $17.38 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $18.00 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $18.63 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $19.87 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $22.80 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $25.07 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $27.08 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $27.08 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $27.08 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $27.08 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $27.08 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $27.16 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $30.32 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $30.32 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $30.32 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $32.21 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $32.21 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $32.21 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $32.31 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $37.84 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $37.84 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $37.84 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $40.91 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $40.91 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $40.91 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $67.41 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $67.41 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $74.92 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $79.43 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $108.31 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $123.20 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $157.96 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $157.96 | — |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $157.96 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $194.06 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $203.09 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $203.09 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $203.09 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $225.65 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $240.54 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $248.22 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $248.22 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $270.78 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $270.78 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $270.78 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $270.78 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $293.35 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $361.04 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $370.07 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $383.61 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $383.61 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $406.17 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $406.17 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Microalbumin urine screen at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $45.29 | $5.23 – $56.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $42.00 | $8.64 – $63.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $42.00 | $5.23 – $52.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $45.29 | $5.23 – $56.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $42.00 | $5.60 – $63.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $42.00 | $5.23 – $63.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $42.00 | $5.23 – $63.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $45.29 | $5.23 – $56.62 |