Non-card vasc flow imaging 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

$8,171.13

Cash price

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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.

$8,171.13

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.

$192.86 with Texas Health Network vs $7,354.02 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.

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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
Texas Health Network MCD $192.86 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $196.80 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $196.80 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $196.80 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCD $196.80 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $196.80 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $201.48 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $201.48 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $201.48 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $201.48 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $205.51 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $216.48 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $216.48 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $216.48 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $216.48 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $217.60 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $246.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $296.21 ↓ -96%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $319.77 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $490.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $490.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $490.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $490.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $490.27 ↓ -94%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $572.22 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $594.10 ↓ -93%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $614.30 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $716.53 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -90%
United SmallGroup $848.52 ↓ -90%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,042.67 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,356.41 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBPPO $1,385.81 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBPOS $1,385.81 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBHMO $1,385.81 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,438.12 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,474.17 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,474.17 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,474.17 ↓ -82%
Aetna OONPPO $1,733.37 ↓ -79%
Aetna OONPOS $1,733.37 ↓ -79%
Aetna OONHMO $1,733.37 ↓ -79%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,873.27 ↓ -77%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,873.27 ↓ -77%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,873.27 ↓ -77%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,961.07 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,083.64 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,230.72 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $2,607.41 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $2,607.41 ↓ -68%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $2,859.90 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $2,859.90 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $2,859.90 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $3,268.45 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3,268.45 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $3,513.59 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $3,677.01 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $3,677.01 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $3,677.01 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $4,085.57 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $4,355.21 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $4,494.12 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $4,494.12 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $4,902.68 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,902.68 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $4,902.68 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $4,902.68 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $5,311.23 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $6,536.90 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $6,700.33 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $6,945.46 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $6,945.46 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $7,354.02 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $7,354.02 ↓ -10%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $367.06 $171.74 – $1,021.72
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $608.56 $171.74 – $1,021.72
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