Radiesse injection 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

$2,630.00

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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$2,630.00

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.

$157.80 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,367.00 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 CHPFC $157.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $157.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $157.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $157.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $157.80 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $341.90 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $341.90 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $341.90 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $341.90 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $368.20 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $368.20 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $389.24 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $420.80 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $428.69 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $436.58 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $462.88 ↓ -82%
BCBS BAV $473.40 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $499.70 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $576.16 ↓ -78%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $576.16 ↓ -78%
United SmallGroup $576.16 ↓ -78%
BCBS HMO $591.75 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $604.90 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $615.42 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $623.31 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $623.31 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $631.20 ↓ -76%
Humana HMO $839.23 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $839.23 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $920.50 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,052.00 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,130.90 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $1,183.50 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,401.79 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,446.50 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,446.50 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,578.00 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,578.00 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,578.00 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,578.00 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,709.50 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $2,104.00 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,156.60 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,235.50 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,235.50 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,367.00 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,367.00 ↓ -10%

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Radiesse injection at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Ascension Providence Waco $1,979.82 $167.36 – $167.36
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) Austin $678.96 $167.36 – $167.36
Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) Austin $678.96 $167.36 – $167.36
Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) Smithville $519.75 $167.36 – $167.36
Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) Austin $1,010.63 $167.36 – $167.36
Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) Austin $668.79 $167.36 – $167.36
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $576.16 – $576.16
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $1,135.17 – $1,135.17

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