Resuscitation delivery/birthing room 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

$3,323.07

Cash price

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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.

$3,323.07

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.

$199.38 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,990.76 with Affiliated PPO — 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 STAR $199.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $199.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $199.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $199.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $199.38 ↓ -94%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -91%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $348.29 ↓ -90%
BCBS BAV $384.01 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $432.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $432.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $432.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $432.00 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $465.23 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $465.23 ↓ -86%
BCBS PPO $480.75 ↓ -86%
BCBS HMO $480.75 ↓ -86%
BCBS EPOSOA $480.75 ↓ -86%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $551.63 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $584.86 ↓ -82%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $648.00 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $787.57 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $787.57 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $797.54 ↓ -76%
Aetna QHPExchange $880.61 ↓ -74%
Aetna NBPPO $1,066.71 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $1,066.71 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $1,066.71 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,136.49 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,136.49 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,136.49 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $1,163.07 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,329.23 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $1,332.55 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $1,332.55 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $1,332.55 ↓ -60%
Humana HMO $1,412.59 ↓ -57%
Humana PPO $1,412.59 ↓ -57%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,428.92 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,438.89 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,438.89 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,438.89 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,495.38 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,495.38 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $1,495.38 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,661.54 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,771.20 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,827.69 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,827.69 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,993.84 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,993.84 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,993.84 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,993.84 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $2,160.00 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $2,658.46 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,724.92 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,824.61 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,824.61 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,990.76 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,990.76 ↓ -10%

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