Platelets each unit at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$350.90
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.
$350.90
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.
$21.05 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,366.27 with Aetna — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $21.05 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $21.05 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $21.05 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $21.05 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $21.05 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $45.62 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $45.62 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $45.62 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $45.62 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $49.13 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $49.13 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | CSN | $51.93 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $56.14 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $57.20 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $58.25 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $61.76 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | BAV | $63.16 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | PPO | $66.67 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $68.43 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | HMO | $78.95 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $80.71 | ↓ -77% |
| BCBS | PPO | $82.11 | ↓ -77% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $83.16 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $83.16 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $84.22 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $87.72 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $89.48 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $95.80 | ↓ -73% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $122.81 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $122.81 | ↓ -65% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $122.81 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $140.36 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $140.36 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $150.89 | ↓ -57% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $157.90 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $157.90 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $157.90 | ↓ -55% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $175.45 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $187.03 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $193.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $193.00 | ↓ -45% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $210.54 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $210.54 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $210.54 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $210.54 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $228.09 | ↓ -35% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $280.72 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $280.72 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $287.74 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $298.26 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $298.26 | ↓ -15% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $315.81 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $315.81 | ↓ -10% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↑ +42% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↑ +71% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $761.32 | ↑ +117% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,012.46 | ↑ +189% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,012.46 | ↑ +189% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,012.46 | ↑ +189% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,075.64 | ↑ +207% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,075.64 | ↑ +207% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,075.64 | ↑ +207% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,119.61 | ↑ +219% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,119.61 | ↑ +219% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,263.60 | ↑ +260% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,263.60 | ↑ +260% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,263.60 | ↑ +260% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,366.27 | ↑ +289% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,366.27 | ↑ +289% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,366.27 | ↑ +289% |
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Platelets each unit at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $240.25 | $49.67 – $300.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $259.58 | $53.43 – $389.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $273.24 | $49.67 – $341.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $240.25 | $49.67 – $300.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $259.58 | $49.67 – $389.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $259.58 | $134.12 – $389.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $273.24 | $49.67 – $409.86 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $240.25 | $49.67 – $300.31 |