Self-mgmt educ/train 2-4 pt 30min at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$289.50
Cash price 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.
$289.50
Gross charge 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.
$17.37 with Superior Health Plan vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $17.37 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $17.37 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $17.37 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $17.37 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $17.37 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $19.19 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $32.03 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | BAV | $35.32 | ↓ -88% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $37.63 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $37.63 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $37.63 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $37.63 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $40.53 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $40.53 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | CSN | $42.85 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS | PPO | $44.22 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS | HMO | $44.22 | ↓ -85% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $44.22 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $46.32 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $48.06 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $50.95 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | PPO | $55.01 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $56.45 | ↓ -81% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $68.61 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $68.61 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $69.48 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $73.82 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $76.72 | ↓ -73% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $78.17 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $79.03 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $86.85 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $92.93 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $92.93 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $92.93 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $99.01 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $99.01 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $99.01 | ↓ -66% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $101.33 | ↓ -65% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $101.33 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $101.33 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $115.80 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $115.80 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $116.09 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $116.09 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $116.09 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $124.48 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $125.35 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $125.35 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $125.35 | ↓ -57% |
| Humana | HMO | $127.79 | ↓ -56% |
| Humana | PPO | $127.79 | ↓ -56% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $130.28 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $130.28 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $130.28 | ↓ -55% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $144.75 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $154.30 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $159.22 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $159.22 | ↓ -45% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $173.70 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $173.70 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $173.70 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $173.70 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $188.18 | ↓ -35% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $231.60 | ↓ -20% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $231.60 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $237.39 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $246.07 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $246.07 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $260.55 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $260.55 | ↓ -10% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↑ +4% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↑ +73% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↑ +107% |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $51.98 | $14.73 – $73.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $51.98 | $10.70 – $77.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $51.98 | $10.40 – $64.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $51.98 | $13.86 – $73.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $51.98 | $16.68 – $77.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $51.98 | $26.86 – $77.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $51.98 | $17.33 – $77.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $51.98 | $13.86 – $73.64 |