Pq biliary strict dil s&i 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

$336.31

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.

$336.31

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.

$20.18 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,582.22 with Humana — 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 STARPLUS $20.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $20.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $20.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $20.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $20.18 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $22.30 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $43.72 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $43.72 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $43.72 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $43.72 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $47.08 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $47.08 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $49.77 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $53.81 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $55.83 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $59.19 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $63.90 ↓ -81%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $77.39 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $79.71 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $79.71 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $80.71 ↓ -76%
BCBS BAV $83.54 ↓ -75%
IPA Management Services COMM $84.08 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $85.76 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $90.80 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $91.81 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $100.89 ↓ -70%
Imagine Health PPO $117.71 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $117.71 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $117.71 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $134.52 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $134.52 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $144.61 ↓ -57%
BCBS HMO $149.50 ↓ -56%
Averde Health Commercial $151.34 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $151.34 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $151.34 ↓ -55%
BCBS EPOSOA $155.21 ↓ -54%
BCBS PPO $160.49 ↓ -52%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $168.16 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $179.25 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $184.97 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $184.97 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $201.79 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $201.79 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $201.79 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $201.79 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $218.60 ↓ -35%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $269.05 ↓ -20%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $269.05 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $269.05 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $275.77 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $285.86 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $285.86 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $302.68 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $302.68 ↓ -10%
Aetna QHPExchange $451.35 ↑ +34%
Aetna NBPOS $599.89 ↑ +78%
Aetna NBHMO $599.89 ↑ +78%
Aetna NBPPO $599.89 ↑ +78%
Aetna COMMPOS $638.14 ↑ +90%
Aetna COMMHMO $638.14 ↑ +90%
Aetna COMMPPO $638.14 ↑ +90%
Aetna OONPPO $750.34 ↑ +123%
Aetna OONPOS $750.34 ↑ +123%
Aetna OONHMO $750.34 ↑ +123%
Aetna ASAPPO $810.90 ↑ +141%
Aetna ASAPOS $810.90 ↑ +141%
Aetna ASAHMO $810.90 ↑ +141%
Humana HMO $1,582.22 ↑ +370%
Humana PPO $1,582.22 ↑ +370%

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