Nuclear rx IV admin 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

$1,167.12

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.

$1,167.12

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.

$70.03 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,050.41 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
Superior Health Plan STAR $70.03 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $70.03 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $70.03 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $70.03 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $70.03 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $88.79 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $95.86 ↓ -92%
Texas Health Network MCD $143.42 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $144.35 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $144.35 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $144.35 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $144.35 ↓ -88%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $146.35 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $146.35 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $146.35 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $146.35 ↓ -87%
UTMB MGMCD $146.35 ↓ -87%
United MGMCD $147.24 ↓ -87%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $155.90 ↓ -87%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $160.99 ↓ -86%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $160.99 ↓ -86%
Molina Healthcare STAR $160.99 ↓ -86%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $160.99 ↓ -86%
BCBS HMO $171.53 ↓ -85%
BCBS EPOSOA $178.09 ↓ -85%
Humana MCD $182.94 ↓ -84%
BCBS PPO $184.14 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $193.74 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $205.41 ↓ -82%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $280.11 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $297.62 ↓ -74%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna QHPExchange $312.23 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $318.62 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $372.43 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $372.43 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $408.49 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $408.49 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $408.49 ↓ -65%
Aetna NBPOS $414.98 ↓ -64%
Aetna NBHMO $414.98 ↓ -64%
Aetna NBPPO $414.98 ↓ -64%
Aetna COMMPPO $441.44 ↓ -62%
Aetna COMMPOS $441.44 ↓ -62%
Aetna COMMHMO $441.44 ↓ -62%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $466.85 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $466.85 ↓ -60%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $474.28 ↓ -59%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -57%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $501.86 ↓ -57%
Aetna OONPOS $519.06 ↓ -56%
Aetna OONPPO $519.06 ↓ -56%
Aetna OONHMO $519.06 ↓ -56%
United GlobalAppendix $525.20 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $525.20 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $525.20 ↓ -55%
Aetna ASAPOS $560.95 ↓ -52%
Aetna ASAPPO $560.95 ↓ -52%
Aetna ASAHMO $560.95 ↓ -52%
United SmallGroup $561.65 ↓ -52%
United AllPayerAppendix $561.65 ↓ -52%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $583.56 ↓ -50%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -49%
Coventry National First Health COMM $622.07 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $641.92 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $641.92 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $700.27 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $700.27 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $700.27 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $700.27 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $758.63 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $933.70 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $957.04 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $992.05 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $992.05 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,050.41 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,050.41 ↓ -10%

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