Oth resp proc, indiv at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$487.56
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.
$487.56
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.
$23.61 with BCBS vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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 | $23.61 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | BAV | $26.03 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $29.25 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $29.25 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $29.25 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $29.25 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $29.25 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | HMO | $32.59 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | PPO | $32.59 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $32.59 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $63.38 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $63.38 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $63.38 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $63.38 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $68.26 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $68.26 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $80.93 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $85.81 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | HMO | $94.87 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | PPO | $94.87 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $95.07 | ↓ -81% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $115.55 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $115.55 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $117.01 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $121.89 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $129.20 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $156.51 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $156.51 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $156.51 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $166.75 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $166.75 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $166.75 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $170.65 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $195.02 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $195.51 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $195.51 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $195.51 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $209.65 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $211.11 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $211.11 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $211.11 | ↓ -57% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $219.40 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $219.40 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $219.40 | ↓ -55% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $243.78 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $259.87 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $268.16 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $268.16 | ↓ -45% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $292.54 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $292.54 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $292.54 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $292.54 | ↓ -40% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -38% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $316.91 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $390.05 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $390.05 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $399.80 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $414.43 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $414.43 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $438.80 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $438.80 | ↓ -10% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↑ +3% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↑ +23% |
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Oth resp proc, indiv at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $119.59 | $27.61 – $149.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $134.53 | $27.69 – $201.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $116.83 | $23.37 – $146.03 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $119.59 | $23.61 – $149.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $134.53 | $27.61 – $201.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $134.53 | $69.51 – $3,235.82 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $116.83 | $27.61 – $175.24 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $119.59 | $27.61 – $149.48 |