Red blood cells each unit 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

$258.09

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.

$258.09

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.

$15.49 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,390.77 with Humana — 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 $15.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $15.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $15.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $15.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $15.49 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $33.55 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $33.55 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $33.55 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $33.55 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $36.13 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $36.13 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $38.20 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $41.29 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $42.07 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $42.84 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $45.42 ↓ -82%
BCBS BAV $46.46 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $49.04 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $50.33 ↓ -80%
BCBS HMO $58.07 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $59.36 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $60.39 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $61.17 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $61.17 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $61.94 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $65.81 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $70.46 ↓ -73%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $90.33 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $90.33 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $90.33 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $103.24 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $103.24 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $110.98 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $116.14 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $116.14 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $116.14 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $129.04 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $137.56 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $141.95 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $141.95 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $154.85 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $154.85 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $154.85 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $154.85 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $167.76 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $206.47 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $211.63 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $219.38 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $219.38 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $232.28 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $232.28 ↓ -10%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↑ +16%
Aetna QHPExchange $354.66 ↑ +37%
Aetna NBHMO $471.65 ↑ +83%
Aetna NBPPO $471.65 ↑ +83%
Aetna NBPOS $471.65 ↑ +83%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↑ +94%
Aetna COMMPOS $501.08 ↑ +94%
Aetna COMMHMO $501.08 ↑ +94%
Aetna COMMPPO $501.08 ↑ +94%
Aetna OONPPO $588.64 ↑ +128%
Aetna OONHMO $588.64 ↑ +128%
Aetna OONPOS $588.64 ↑ +128%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↑ +132%
Aetna ASAHMO $636.47 ↑ +147%
Aetna ASAPOS $636.47 ↑ +147%
Aetna ASAPPO $636.47 ↑ +147%
Humana HMO $1,390.77 ↑ +439%
Humana PPO $1,390.77 ↑ +439%

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