Pt evaluation moderate complexity patient/family 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

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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.

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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.

$62.63 with Superior Health Plan vs $939.42 with Multiplan — 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 STARKids $62.63
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $62.63
Superior Health Plan CHIP $62.63
Superior Health Plan STAR $62.63
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $62.63
Oscar MGMCR $84.58
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $86.31
Devoted Health MGMCR $86.31
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $86.31
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $86.31
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $86.31
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $86.31
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $86.31
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $86.31
Amerigroup DualEligible $86.31
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $86.31
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $86.31
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $86.31
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $86.31
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $86.31
CHC Harris Health Indigent $86.31
BCBS MCRPPO $86.31
WellMed MGMCR $86.74
Aetna MCR $87.04
Van Lang IPA MCR $87.17
United MCR $88.04
WellCare SNP $88.90
WellCare PFFS $88.90
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $88.90
WellCare MCRHMO $88.90
WellCare POS $88.90
WellCare PPO $88.90
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $90.63
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $90.63
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $90.63
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $90.63
Shared Health MGMCR $90.63
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $90.63
Superior Health Plan PFFS $90.63
American Health Plan MGMCR $90.63
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $90.63
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $91.49
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $91.49
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $91.49
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $91.49
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $91.49
Molina MGMCR $94.08
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $99.26
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $99.38
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $99.38
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $103.57
Verda Health Plan MCR $112.20
Superior ValueHMO $125.15
Community Health Choice HIX $125.15
Superior HMO $133.78
Superior EPO $133.78
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $135.69
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $135.69
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $135.69
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $135.69
UTMB MGMCR $140.69
Amerigroup MGMCD $146.13
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $146.13
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $170.89
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $173.27
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $181.25
United OptionsPPO $183.71
Molina Healthcare HIX $185.57
BCBS MyBlueHealth $202.39
Oscar HIX $203.54
BCBS BAV $223.14
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $247.38
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $247.38
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $250.51
BCBS HMO $279.36
BCBS PPO $279.36
BCBS EPOSOA $279.36
Aetna QHPExchange $298.07
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
BCBS Traditional $365.33
Aetna NBHMO $395.95
Aetna NBPOS $395.95
Aetna NBPPO $395.95
Aetna COMMPPO $419.95
Aetna COMMPOS $419.95
Aetna COMMHMO $419.95
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $448.83
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $469.71
United GlobalAppendix $469.71
Aetna OONHMO $495.10
Aetna OONPPO $495.10
Aetna OONPOS $495.10
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $521.90
Aetna ASAPPO $534.25
Aetna ASAPOS $534.25
Aetna ASAHMO $534.25
Coventry National First Health COMM $556.35
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $574.09
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $574.09
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $626.28
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $626.28
Beech Street WCOMP $626.28
Independent Medical System COMM $626.28
Coastal Comp COMM $678.47
Humana PPO $806.37
Humana HMO $806.37
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $835.04
Beech Street COMMPPO $835.04
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $855.92
Physicians, INC COMM $887.23
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $887.23
Affiliated PPO COMM $939.42
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $939.42

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