Radphm lcl tmr spect/ct 2+ areas/2+ days 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

$1,621.00

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,621.00

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.

$97.26 with Superior Health Plan vs $6,265.24 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.

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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 $97.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $97.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $97.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $97.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $97.26 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $269.09 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $285.30 ↓ -82%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -81%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $389.04 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $405.25 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $413.36 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $442.53 ↓ -73%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -69%
Humana PPO $517.26 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $517.26 ↓ -68%
Imagine Health PPO $567.35 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $567.35 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $567.35 ↓ -65%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -63%
Texas Health Network MCD $639.19 ↓ -61%
Curative Administrators COMM $648.40 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $648.40 ↓ -60%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $652.23 ↓ -60%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $652.23 ↓ -60%
UTMB MGMCD $652.23 ↓ -60%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $652.23 ↓ -60%
Amerigroup MGMCD $652.23 ↓ -60%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $660.91 ↓ -59%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $660.91 ↓ -59%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $660.91 ↓ -59%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $660.91 ↓ -59%
United MGMCD $674.13 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $697.03 ↓ -57%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $713.78 ↓ -56%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $717.45 ↓ -56%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $717.45 ↓ -56%
Molina Healthcare STAR $717.45 ↓ -56%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $717.45 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $729.45 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $729.45 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $729.45 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $810.50 ↓ -50%
Humana MCD $815.29 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $863.99 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $891.55 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $891.55 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $972.60 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $972.60 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $972.60 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $972.60 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,053.65 ↓ -35%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,132.84 ↓ -30%
BCBS BAV $1,222.95 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,296.80 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,296.80 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,329.22 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,377.85 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,377.85 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,458.90 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,458.90 ↓ -10%
BCBS HMO $2,188.44 ↑ +35%
BCBS EPOSOA $2,272.12 ↑ +40%
BCBS PPO $2,349.36 ↑ +45%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,481.29 ↑ +53%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,938.37 ↑ +81%
United SmallGroup $2,938.37 ↑ +81%
Aetna QHPExchange $3,487.25 ↑ +115%
Aetna NBPPO $4,634.90 ↑ +186%
Aetna NBPOS $4,634.90 ↑ +186%
Aetna NBHMO $4,634.90 ↑ +186%
Aetna COMMPPO $4,930.43 ↑ +204%
Aetna COMMPOS $4,930.43 ↑ +204%
Aetna COMMHMO $4,930.43 ↑ +204%
Aetna OONHMO $5,797.31 ↑ +258%
Aetna OONPPO $5,797.31 ↑ +258%
Aetna OONPOS $5,797.31 ↑ +258%
Aetna ASAPPO $6,265.24 ↑ +287%
Aetna ASAPOS $6,265.24 ↑ +287%
Aetna ASAHMO $6,265.24 ↑ +287%

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