Morphometric analysis tumor ihc qn/sq per specimen each single antibody stain manual 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

$106.79

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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.

$106.79

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.

$5.87 with Superior Health Plan vs $909.20 with Humana — 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 $5.87 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5.87 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5.87 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $5.87 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5.87 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $12.72 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $12.72 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $12.72 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.72 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $13.70 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.70 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $16.25 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $17.23 ↓ -84%
Oscar HIX $19.09 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $23.20 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $23.20 ↓ -78%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $23.49 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $24.96 ↓ -77%
IPA Management Services COMM $26.70 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $26.72 ↓ -75%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $34.26 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $34.26 ↓ -68%
Imagine Health PPO $34.26 ↓ -68%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $39.15 ↓ -63%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $42.09 ↓ -61%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $44.05 ↓ -59%
Averde Health Commercial $44.05 ↓ -59%
United GlobalAppendix $44.05 ↓ -59%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $48.94 ↓ -54%
Coventry National First Health COMM $52.17 ↓ -51%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $53.83 ↓ -50%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $53.83 ↓ -50%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $58.73 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $58.73 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $58.73 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $58.73 ↓ -45%
Coastal Comp COMM $63.62 ↓ -40%
Beech Street COMMPPO $78.30 ↓ -27%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $80.26 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $83.20 ↓ -22%
Physicians, INC COMM $83.20 ↓ -22%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $85.43 ↓ -20%
Affiliated PPO COMM $88.09 ↓ -18%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $88.09 ↓ -18%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↑ +40%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $149.16 ↑ +40%
United SmallGroup $149.16 ↑ +40%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $289.87 ↑ +171%
Aetna QHPExchange $305.06 ↑ +186%
BCBS BAV $320.00 ↑ +200%
Cigna CSN $321.72 ↑ +201%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $348.47 ↑ +226%
BCBS HMO $400.37 ↑ +275%
Aetna NBHMO $405.69 ↑ +280%
Aetna NBPPO $405.69 ↑ +280%
Aetna NBPOS $405.69 ↑ +280%
Cigna PPO $414.59 ↑ +288%
BCBS EPOSOA $429.07 ↑ +302%
Aetna COMMPOS $431.00 ↑ +304%
Aetna COMMPPO $431.00 ↑ +304%
Aetna COMMHMO $431.00 ↑ +304%
BCBS PPO $457.76 ↑ +329%
Aetna OONHMO $506.32 ↑ +374%
Aetna OONPPO $506.32 ↑ +374%
Aetna OONPOS $506.32 ↑ +374%
Aetna ASAPPO $547.46 ↑ +413%
Aetna ASAPOS $547.46 ↑ +413%
Aetna ASAHMO $547.46 ↑ +413%
Humana HMO $909.20 ↑ +751%
Humana PPO $909.20 ↑ +751%
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