Pericardial drain w/cath pq w/ct guid at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$9,829.95
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.
$9,829.95
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.
$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $16,776.00 with Cigna — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -97% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $651.73 | ↓ -93% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $948.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $948.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $1,277.89 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $1,277.89 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $1,277.89 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $1,277.89 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $1,376.19 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $1,376.19 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,631.77 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,985.65 | ↓ -80% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $2,115.00 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $2,171.27 | ↓ -78% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $2,329.70 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $2,329.70 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | BAV | $2,391.48 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $2,457.49 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $2,654.09 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $2,683.58 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | PPO | $2,708.76 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $2,746.65 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS | HMO | $2,784.53 | ↓ -72% |
| Oscar | HIX | $3,390.00 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,440.48 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $3,931.98 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $4,226.88 | ↓ -57% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $4,255.00 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $4,423.48 | ↓ -55% |
| Humana | PPO | $4,690.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Humana | HMO | $4,690.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $4,914.98 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $5,239.36 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $5,406.47 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $5,406.47 | ↓ -45% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $5,841.00 | ↓ -41% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $5,897.97 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $5,897.97 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $5,897.97 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $5,897.97 | ↓ -40% |
| United | SmallGroup | $6,300.00 | ↓ -36% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $6,389.47 | ↓ -35% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $7,863.96 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $7,863.96 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $8,060.56 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $8,355.46 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $8,355.46 | ↓ -15% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $8,757.00 | ↓ -11% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $8,846.96 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $8,846.96 | ↓ -10% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $9,000.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $12,018.00 | ↑ +22% |
| Cigna | CSN | $13,023.00 | ↑ +32% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $14,109.00 | ↑ +44% |
| Cigna | PPO | $16,776.00 | ↑ +71% |
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Pericardial drain w/cath pq w/ct guid at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,227.59 | $914.48 – $4,572.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,513.20 | $71.00 – $17,181.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $3,353.96 | $71.00 – $17,181.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,227.59 | $860.69 – $17,181.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,513.20 | $85.00 – $17,181.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,513.20 | $1,298.49 – $3,769.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $3,353.96 | $71.00 – $5,030.94 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $3,227.59 | $860.69 – $4,572.42 |