MRI w/cont, breast, bi at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$13,295.12
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.
$13,295.12
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.
$672.06 with BCBS vs $11,965.61 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 | $672.06 | ↓ -95% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $699.43 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | BAV | $725.51 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $797.71 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $797.71 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $797.71 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $797.71 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $797.71 | ↓ -94% |
| United | SmallGroup | $828.27 | ↓ -94% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,298.29 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,347.93 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,393.75 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $1,728.37 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $1,728.37 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $1,728.37 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $1,728.37 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $1,861.32 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $1,861.32 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,127.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $2,206.99 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,304.00 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,339.94 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,739.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $3,150.94 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $3,150.94 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $3,190.83 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $3,523.21 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $4,267.73 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $4,267.73 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $4,267.73 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $4,546.93 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $4,546.93 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $4,546.93 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $4,653.29 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $5,318.05 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $5,331.34 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $5,331.34 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $5,331.34 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $5,716.90 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $5,756.79 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $5,756.79 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $5,756.79 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $5,982.80 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $5,982.80 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $7,086.30 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $7,312.32 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $7,312.32 | ↓ -45% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $7,977.07 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $7,977.07 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $7,977.07 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $7,977.07 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $8,641.83 | ↓ -35% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $10,636.10 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $10,902.00 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $11,300.85 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $11,300.85 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $11,965.61 | ↓ -10% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $11,965.61 | ↓ -10% |
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MRI w/cont, breast, bi at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $17,966.06 | $672.06 – $699.43 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $1,885.45 | $458.22 – $5,387.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $472.50 | $343.98 – $2,430.00 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $674.85 | $400.00 – $4,049.10 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | $10,610.87 | $672.06 – $699.43 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $1,885.45 | $538.41 – $5,387.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $1,885.45 | $538.41 – $5,387.00 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $472.50 | $866.80 – $2,295.00 |