Osmolality urine 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

$1,009.38

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.

$1,009.38

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.

$5.62 with Texas Health Network vs $908.44 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 $5.62 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $5.73 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $5.73 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $5.73 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $5.73 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $5.73 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCD $5.73 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $5.73 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $5.73 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.73 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $5.84 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $6.19 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $6.30 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $6.30 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $6.30 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $6.30 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $6.68 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.82 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6.82 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $6.82 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $6.82 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $6.82 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $6.82 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $6.82 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $6.82 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $6.82 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $6.82 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.82 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $6.82 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $6.82 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $6.82 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $6.82 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $6.82 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $6.82 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $6.82 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $6.82 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $6.85 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $6.88 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $6.89 ↓ -99%
United MCR $6.96 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $7.02 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $7.02 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $7.02 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $7.02 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $7.02 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $7.02 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $7.16 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $7.16 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $7.16 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $7.16 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $7.16 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $7.16 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $7.16 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $7.16 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $7.16 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $7.16 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $7.23 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $7.23 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $7.23 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $7.23 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $7.23 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $7.38 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $7.38 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $7.43 ↓ -99%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $7.84 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $8.18 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $8.87 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $9.89 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $9.89 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $10.57 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $10.57 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCR $11.12 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $13.50 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $13.78 ↓ -99%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $14.32 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare HIX $14.66 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $15.21 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $19.03 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $19.71 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $20.39 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $20.46 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $21.76 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPExchange $24.97 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $27.89 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $30.20 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBHMO $33.20 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBPOS $33.20 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBPPO $33.20 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMPOS $35.28 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMHMO $35.28 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMPPO $35.28 ↓ -97%
Cigna PPO $35.94 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONHMO $41.44 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONPOS $41.44 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONPPO $41.44 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASAPOS $44.81 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASAHMO $44.81 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASAPPO $44.81 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $60.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $60.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $60.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $60.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $60.56 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $91.10 ↓ -91%
Humana HMO $91.10 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $167.56 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $177.65 ↓ -82%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $242.25 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $252.34 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $275.56 ↓ -73%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $353.28 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $353.28 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $353.28 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $434.03 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $454.22 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $454.22 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $454.22 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $504.69 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $538.00 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $555.16 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $555.16 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $605.63 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $605.63 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $605.63 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $605.63 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $656.10 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $807.50 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $807.50 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $827.69 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $857.97 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $857.97 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $908.44 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $908.44 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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