Protein c activity 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

$821.24

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.

$821.24

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.

$11.40 with Texas Health Network vs $739.12 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 $11.40 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $11.63 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.63 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $11.63 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $11.63 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $11.63 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $11.63 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $11.63 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $11.63 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCD $11.63 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $11.86 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $12.56 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $12.79 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $12.79 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $12.79 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $12.79 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $13.56 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.84 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $13.84 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.84 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.84 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $13.84 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $13.84 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $13.84 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $13.84 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $13.84 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.84 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.84 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $13.84 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $13.84 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $13.84 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $13.84 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $13.84 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $13.84 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $13.84 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $13.84 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $13.91 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $13.96 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $13.98 ↓ -98%
United MCR $14.12 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $14.26 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $14.26 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $14.26 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $14.26 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $14.26 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $14.26 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $14.53 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $14.53 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $14.53 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $14.53 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $14.53 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $14.53 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $14.53 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $14.53 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $14.53 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $14.54 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $14.67 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $14.67 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $14.67 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $14.67 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $14.67 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $14.98 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $14.98 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $15.09 ↓ -98%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $15.92 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $16.61 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $17.99 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $20.07 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $20.07 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $21.45 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $21.45 ↓ -97%
UTMB MGMCR $22.56 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $27.40 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $27.96 ↓ -97%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $29.06 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $29.76 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $30.86 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $38.61 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $40.00 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $41.38 ↓ -95%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $41.51 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $44.15 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $49.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $49.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $49.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $49.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $49.27 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $50.71 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $57.16 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $61.91 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPPO $67.43 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPOS $67.43 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBHMO $67.43 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPPO $71.64 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMHMO $71.64 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPOS $71.64 ↓ -91%
Cigna PPO $73.66 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONHMO $84.16 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPOS $84.16 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPPO $84.16 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPOS $91.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPPO $91.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAHMO $91.00 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $136.33 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $144.54 ↓ -82%
Humana HMO $184.81 ↓ -77%
Humana PPO $184.81 ↓ -77%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $197.10 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $205.31 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $224.20 ↓ -73%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $287.43 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $287.43 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $287.43 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $353.13 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $369.56 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $369.56 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $369.56 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $410.62 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $437.72 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $451.68 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $451.68 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $492.74 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $492.74 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $492.74 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $492.74 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $533.81 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $656.99 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $656.99 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $673.42 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $698.05 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $698.05 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $739.12 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $739.12 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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