Red blood cells leukocytes reduced 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

$1,088.29

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.

$1,088.29

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.

$65.30 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,077.56 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 STARKids $65.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $65.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $65.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $65.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $65.30 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $141.48 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $141.48 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $141.48 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $141.48 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $152.36 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $152.36 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $161.07 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $174.13 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $177.39 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $180.66 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $191.54 ↓ -82%
BCBS BAV $195.89 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $206.78 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $212.22 ↓ -80%
BCBS HMO $244.87 ↓ -77%
BCBS EPOSOA $250.31 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $254.66 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $257.92 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $257.92 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $261.19 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $272.07 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $277.51 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $297.10 ↓ -73%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -72%
BCBS Traditional $380.90 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $380.90 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $380.90 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $435.32 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $435.32 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $467.96 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $489.73 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $489.73 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $489.73 ↓ -55%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -54%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $544.14 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $580.06 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $598.56 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $598.56 ↓ -45%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $652.97 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $652.97 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $652.97 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $652.97 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $707.39 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $870.63 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $870.63 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $892.40 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $925.05 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $925.05 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $979.46 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $979.46 ↓ -10%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,157.67 ↑ +6%
Aetna NBHMO $1,539.55 ↑ +41%
Aetna NBPPO $1,539.55 ↑ +41%
Aetna NBPOS $1,539.55 ↑ +41%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,635.63 ↑ +50%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,635.63 ↑ +50%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,635.63 ↑ +50%
Humana HMO $1,789.92 ↑ +64%
Humana PPO $1,789.92 ↑ +64%
Aetna OONPPO $1,921.44 ↑ +77%
Aetna OONPOS $1,921.44 ↑ +77%
Aetna OONHMO $1,921.44 ↑ +77%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,077.56 ↑ +91%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,077.56 ↑ +91%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,077.56 ↑ +91%

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Red blood cells leukocytes reduced each unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $478.23 not published
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $853.50 $116.12 – $512.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $853.50 $82.83 – $603.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $853.50 $78.66 – $491.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $853.50 $109.29 – $512.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $853.50 $129.18 – $603.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $853.50 $207.92 – $603.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $853.50 $131.10 – $589.95

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