Platelets pheresis leukocytes reduced each unit 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

$860.72

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.

$860.72

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.

$51.64 with Superior Health Plan vs $4,790.02 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.

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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 $51.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $51.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $51.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $51.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $51.64 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $120.50 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $120.50 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $127.39 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $137.72 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.30 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $142.88 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $151.49 ↓ -82%
BCBS BAV $154.93 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $163.54 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $167.84 ↓ -81%
BCBS HMO $193.66 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $197.97 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $201.41 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $203.99 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $203.99 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $206.57 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $219.48 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $234.98 ↓ -73%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $301.25 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $301.25 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $301.25 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $344.29 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $344.29 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $370.11 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $387.32 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $387.32 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $387.32 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $430.36 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $458.76 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $473.40 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $473.40 ↓ -45%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $480.75 ↓ -44%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $480.75 ↓ -44%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $480.75 ↓ -44%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $480.75 ↓ -44%
United MGMCD $490.37 ↓ -43%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -42%
Beech Street WCOMP $516.43 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $516.43 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $516.43 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $516.43 ↓ -40%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $519.21 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $559.47 ↓ -35%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -30%
Beech Street COMMPPO $688.58 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $705.79 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $731.61 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $731.61 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $774.65 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $774.65 ↓ -10%
Aetna QHPExchange $2,669.12 ↑ +210%
Aetna NBPPO $3,549.60 ↑ +312%
Aetna NBHMO $3,549.60 ↑ +312%
Aetna NBPOS $3,549.60 ↑ +312%
Aetna COMMPOS $3,771.11 ↑ +338%
Aetna COMMHMO $3,771.11 ↑ +338%
Aetna COMMPPO $3,771.11 ↑ +338%
Aetna OONPPO $4,430.08 ↑ +415%
Aetna OONHMO $4,430.08 ↑ +415%
Aetna OONPOS $4,430.08 ↑ +415%
Humana HMO $4,645.98 ↑ +440%
Humana PPO $4,645.98 ↑ +440%
Aetna ASAPPO $4,790.02 ↑ +457%
Aetna ASAPOS $4,790.02 ↑ +457%
Aetna ASAHMO $4,790.02 ↑ +457%

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Platelets pheresis leukocytes reduced each unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,254.99 $327.36 – $1,444.24
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $218.40 not published
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $963.90 $94.00 – $2,754.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $1,147.30 $47.00 – $6,556.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $463.80 $100.00 – $1,479.60
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $844.64 $480.75 – $4,645.98
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $963.90 $88.00 – $2,754.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $963.90 $88.00 – $2,754.00

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