MRI w/cont, breast, uni 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.
$320.71 with BCBS vs $10,600.70 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 | $320.71 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $339.25 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $346.22 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $401.74 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $401.74 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $619.55 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $643.24 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $665.10 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $706.71 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $706.71 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $706.71 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $706.71 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $706.71 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $1,531.21 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $1,531.21 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $1,531.21 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $1,531.21 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $1,649.00 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $1,649.00 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,955.24 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,073.03 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,127.00 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,304.00 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,739.00 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $2,791.52 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $2,791.52 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $2,826.85 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $3,121.32 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $3,780.92 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $3,780.92 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $3,780.92 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $4,028.27 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $4,028.27 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $4,028.27 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $4,122.50 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $4,711.42 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $4,723.20 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $4,723.20 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $4,723.20 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $5,064.78 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $5,100.12 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $5,100.12 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $5,100.12 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $5,300.35 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $5,300.35 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $6,277.97 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $6,478.21 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $6,478.21 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $7,067.14 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $7,067.14 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $7,067.14 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $7,067.14 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $7,656.06 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $9,422.85 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $9,658.42 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $10,011.78 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $10,011.78 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $10,600.70 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $10,600.70 | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,039.11 | $167.39 – $2,548.88 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,567.09 | $322.56 – $2,350.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,567.09 | $167.39 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,039.11 | $167.39 – $2,548.88 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,567.09 | $167.39 – $2,350.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,567.09 | $455.16 – $2,700.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,567.09 | $167.39 – $2,350.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $2,039.11 | $167.39 – $2,548.88 |