Pregnancy Ultrasound (complete, after first trimester) 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

$8,261.82

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.

$8,261.82

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.

$102.66 with Texas Health Network vs $7,435.64 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
Texas Health Network MCD $102.66 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $104.75 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $104.75 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCD $104.75 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $104.75 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $106.88 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $106.88 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $106.88 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $106.88 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $109.02 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $115.23 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $115.23 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $115.23 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $115.23 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $115.43 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $130.94 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $161.11 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $173.93 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -97%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -97%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $311.24 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $323.14 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $334.12 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STAR $495.71 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $495.71 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $495.71 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $495.71 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $495.71 ↓ -94%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $527.53 ↓ -94%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPPO $701.14 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBHMO $701.14 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPOS $701.14 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPOS $745.85 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMHMO $745.85 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPPO $745.85 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPPO $876.98 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONPOS $876.98 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONHMO $876.98 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPOS $947.77 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAHMO $947.77 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPPO $947.77 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,371.46 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,454.08 ↓ -82%
Humana HMO $1,626.93 ↓ -80%
Humana PPO $1,626.93 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,982.84 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $2,065.45 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,255.48 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $2,891.64 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $2,891.64 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $2,891.64 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $3,304.73 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3,304.73 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $3,552.58 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $3,717.82 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $3,717.82 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $3,717.82 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $4,130.91 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $4,403.55 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $4,544.00 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $4,544.00 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,957.09 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $4,957.09 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $4,957.09 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $4,957.09 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $5,370.18 ↓ -35%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $6,609.46 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $6,609.46 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $6,774.69 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $7,022.55 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $7,022.55 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $7,435.64 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $7,435.64 ↓ -10%

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Pregnancy Ultrasound (complete, after first trimester) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,488.91 $352.43 – $352.43
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $590.27 $99.77 – $737.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $652.36 $134.28 – $978.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $607.12 $99.77 – $758.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $590.27 $99.77 – $737.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $652.36 $99.77 – $978.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $652.36 $104.75 – $978.54
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen $381.75 $104.75 – $113.13

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