MRA without cont, lwr ext 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.
$410.15 with BCBS vs $13,991.43 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $410.15 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $437.25 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $442.78 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $517.79 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $517.79 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $792.34 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $822.63 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $850.60 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $932.76 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $932.76 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $932.76 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $932.76 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $932.76 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $2,020.98 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $2,020.98 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $2,020.98 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $2,020.98 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,127.00 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $2,176.44 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $2,176.44 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,304.00 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $2,580.64 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,739.00 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $3,091.47 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $3,684.41 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $3,684.41 | — |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $3,886.51 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $4,119.70 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $4,215.64 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $4,990.28 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $4,990.28 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $4,990.28 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $5,316.74 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $5,316.74 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $5,316.74 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $5,441.11 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $6,218.41 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $6,233.96 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $6,233.96 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $6,233.96 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $6,684.79 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $6,731.43 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $6,731.43 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $6,731.43 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $6,995.71 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $6,995.71 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $8,286.03 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $8,550.32 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $8,550.32 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $9,327.62 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $9,327.62 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $9,327.62 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $9,327.62 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $10,104.92 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $12,436.82 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $12,436.82 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $12,747.74 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $13,214.13 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $13,214.13 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $13,991.43 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $13,991.43 | — |
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MRA without cont, lwr ext at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,691.95 | $466.08 – $2,396.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,754.28 | $361.09 – $2,631.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,754.28 | $350.86 – $2,577.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,691.95 | $451.19 – $2,577.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,754.28 | $563.12 – $2,631.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,754.28 | $607.02 – $2,700.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,754.28 | $584.76 – $2,631.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,691.95 | $451.19 – $2,396.93 |