Radiation treatment delivery at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
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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.
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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.
$140.99 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $2,288.96 with Aetna — 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 |
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| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $140.99 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $140.99 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $140.99 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $140.99 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $151.84 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $151.84 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $180.04 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $190.88 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $211.49 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $257.04 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $257.04 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $260.29 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $276.56 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $296.08 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $346.08 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $346.08 | — |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $379.59 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $379.59 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $379.59 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $433.82 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $433.82 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $444.51 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $466.36 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $488.05 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $488.05 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $488.05 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $490.66 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $542.27 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $578.07 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $596.50 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $596.50 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $650.73 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $650.73 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $650.73 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $650.73 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $704.96 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $728.70 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $728.70 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $728.70 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $867.64 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $889.33 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $921.87 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $921.87 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $976.10 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $976.10 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,274.05 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,693.33 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,693.33 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,693.33 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,801.30 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,801.30 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,801.30 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $2,118.01 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $2,118.01 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $2,118.01 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $2,288.96 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $2,288.96 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $2,288.96 | — |
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Radiation treatment delivery at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,400.00 | $378.92 – $3,000.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,000.00 | $617.50 – $4,500.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $3,600.00 | $527.31 – $4,500.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,400.00 | $233.18 – $3,000.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,000.00 | $527.31 – $4,500.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,000.00 | $665.76 – $4,500.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $3,600.00 | $527.31 – $5,400.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $2,400.00 | $378.92 – $3,000.00 |