Puraply 1 sq cm at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$1,038.00
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.
$1,038.00
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.
$62.28 with Superior Health Plan vs $934.20 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $62.28 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $62.28 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $62.28 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $62.28 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $62.28 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $68.82 | ↓ -93% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $100.17 | ↓ -90% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $100.17 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $134.94 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $134.94 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $134.94 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $134.94 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $145.32 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $145.32 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $166.66 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $172.31 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $182.69 | ↓ -82% |
| BCBS | BAV | $184.13 | ↓ -82% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $209.78 | ↓ -80% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $209.78 | ↓ -80% |
| United | SmallGroup | $209.78 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | HMO | $229.82 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $243.26 | ↓ -77% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $246.01 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $246.01 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $249.12 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | PPO | $256.70 | ↓ -75% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $259.50 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | CSN | $261.17 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $280.26 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $282.75 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $311.40 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | HMO | $331.23 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | PPO | $331.23 | ↓ -68% |
| Cigna | PPO | $336.71 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $363.30 | ↓ -65% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $446.34 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $467.10 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $553.25 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $570.90 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $570.90 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $622.80 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $622.80 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $622.80 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $622.80 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $674.70 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $830.40 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $830.40 | ↓ -20% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $830.40 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $851.16 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $882.30 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $882.30 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $934.20 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $934.20 | ↓ -10% |
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Puraply 1 sq cm at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,431.49 | $49.50 – $268.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,431.49 | $35.96 – $262.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,431.49 | $34.94 – $218.40 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,431.49 | $46.59 – $268.77 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,431.49 | $56.09 – $262.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,431.49 | $90.27 – $262.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,431.49 | $58.24 – $262.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,431.49 | $46.59 – $268.77 |