Pulse ox single at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$628.06
Cash price 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.
$628.06
Gross charge 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.
$5.90 with BCBS vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $5.90 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BAV | $6.50 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | HMO | $8.14 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | PPO | $8.14 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $8.14 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | HMO | $25.81 | ↓ -96% |
| Humana | PPO | $25.81 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $37.68 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $37.68 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $37.68 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $37.68 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $37.68 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $41.64 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $81.65 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $81.65 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $81.65 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $81.65 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $87.93 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $87.93 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | CSN | $92.95 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $100.49 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $104.26 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $110.54 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | PPO | $119.33 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $122.47 | ↓ -81% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $148.85 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $148.85 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $150.73 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $157.01 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $160.16 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $166.44 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $169.58 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $171.46 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $188.42 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $201.61 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $201.61 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $201.61 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $214.80 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $214.80 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $214.80 | ↓ -66% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $219.82 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $219.82 | ↓ -65% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $219.82 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $251.22 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $251.22 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $251.85 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $251.85 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $251.85 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $270.07 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $271.95 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $271.95 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $271.95 | ↓ -57% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $282.63 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $282.63 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $282.63 | ↓ -55% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $314.03 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $334.76 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $345.43 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $345.43 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $376.84 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $376.84 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $376.84 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $376.84 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $408.24 | ↓ -35% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $502.45 | ↓ -20% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $502.45 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $502.45 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $515.01 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $533.85 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $533.85 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $565.25 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $565.25 | ↓ -10% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -4% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $244.08 | $9.70 – $9.70 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $112.05 | $7.74 – $158.74 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $95.02 | $7.61 – $142.52 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $101.37 | $7.61 – $126.71 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $112.05 | $5.90 – $158.74 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $95.02 | $9.30 – $142.52 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $95.02 | $49.09 – $142.52 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $101.37 | $7.61 – $152.06 |