Pq dr cath chg w cont 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

$5,834.49

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.

$5,834.49

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.

$120.51 with BCBS vs $5,251.04 with Affiliated PPO — 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $120.51 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $130.09 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $232.80 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $241.70 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $249.92 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $350.07 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $350.07 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $350.07 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $350.07 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $350.07 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $358.25 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $386.83 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPOS $476.15 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPPO $476.15 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBHMO $476.15 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMHMO $506.51 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPPO $506.51 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPOS $506.51 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPOS $595.56 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPPO $595.56 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONHMO $595.56 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPOS $643.63 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAHMO $643.63 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPPO $643.63 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $758.48 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $758.48 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $758.48 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $758.48 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $816.83 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $816.83 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $863.50 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $933.52 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $968.53 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,026.87 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $1,108.55 ↓ -81%
Humana HMO $1,247.89 ↓ -79%
Humana PPO $1,247.89 ↓ -79%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,382.77 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,382.77 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,400.28 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $1,458.62 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,487.79 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,575.31 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,592.82 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $1,750.35 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $2,042.07 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $2,042.07 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $2,042.07 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,333.80 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,333.80 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,508.83 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $2,625.52 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $2,625.52 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,625.52 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $2,917.24 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,109.78 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $3,208.97 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $3,208.97 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $3,500.69 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $3,500.69 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,500.69 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $3,500.69 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $3,792.42 ↓ -35%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $4,667.59 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $4,667.59 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $4,667.59 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,784.28 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $4,959.32 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $4,959.32 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $5,251.04 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $5,251.04 ↓ -10%

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