Scan duplex abd/pelvis/retroperitoneal limited 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

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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.

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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.

$16.03 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,173.67 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 STARKids $16.03
Superior Health Plan CHIP $16.03
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $16.03
Superior Health Plan STAR $16.03
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $16.03
Cigna CSN $39.53
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $42.74
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $44.34
Cigna PPO $50.75
Oscar HIX $52.09
United OptionsPPO $53.96
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $63.31
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $63.31
IPA Management Services COMM $66.78
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $68.11
Aetna QHPExchange $70.78
Evry Health BroadNetwork $72.92
Aetna NBHMO $85.74
Aetna NBPOS $85.74
Aetna NBPPO $85.74
Aetna COMMPPO $91.35
Aetna COMMHMO $91.35
Aetna COMMPOS $91.35
Imagine Health PPO $93.49
BCBS Traditional $93.49
Texas Health Network MCD $104.74
Curative Administrators COMM $106.84
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $106.84
Amerigroup MGMCD $106.88
UTMB MGMCD $106.88
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $106.88
Aetna OONPOS $107.11
Aetna OONPPO $107.11
Aetna OONHMO $107.11
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $108.97
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $108.97
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $108.97
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $108.97
United MGMCD $111.15
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $114.86
Aetna ASAHMO $115.66
Aetna ASAPPO $115.66
Aetna ASAPOS $115.66
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $117.57
Molina Healthcare CHIP $117.57
Molina Healthcare STAR $117.57
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $117.57
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $117.69
Averde Health Commercial $120.20
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $120.20
United GlobalAppendix $120.20
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $133.56
Humana MCD $133.60
Coventry National First Health COMM $142.37
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $146.91
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $146.91
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $160.27
Independent Medical System COMM $160.27
Beech Street WCOMP $160.27
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $160.27
Coastal Comp COMM $173.62
Beech Street COMMPPO $213.69
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $213.69
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $219.03
Physicians, INC COMM $227.04
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $227.04
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $240.40
Affiliated PPO COMM $240.40
BCBS MyBlueHealth $263.11
BCBS BAV $290.10
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $356.09
BCBS HMO $363.18
BCBS EPOSOA $363.18
BCBS PPO $363.18
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $519.29
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Humana HMO $1,173.67
Humana PPO $1,173.67

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Scan duplex abd/pelvis/retroperitoneal limited at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,891.69 $432.89 – $432.89
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $719.96 $99.77 – $899.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $692.62 $142.56 – $1,117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $743.89 $99.77 – $1,117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $719.96 $99.77 – $1,117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $692.62 $99.77 – $1,117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $692.62 $106.34 – $1,038.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $743.89 $99.77 – $1,115.83

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