Semen analysis w/count 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.

$8.44 with Oscar vs $728.82 with Multiplan — 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
Oscar MGMCR $8.44
United AllPayerAppendix $8.61
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.61
CHC Harris Health Indigent $8.61
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $8.61
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.61
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $8.61
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $8.61
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $8.61
Amerigroup DualEligible $8.61
Devoted Health MGMCR $8.61
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $8.61
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $8.61
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $8.61
BCBS MCRPPO $8.61
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $8.61
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $8.61
United SmallGroup $8.61
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8.61
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $8.61
WellMed MGMCR $8.65
Aetna MCR $8.68
Van Lang IPA MCR $8.70
United MCR $8.78
WellCare MCRHMO $8.87
WellCare PPO $8.87
WellCare SNP $8.87
WellCare POS $8.87
WellCare PFFS $8.87
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $8.87
American Health Plan MGMCR $9.04
Shared Health MGMCR $9.04
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $9.04
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $9.04
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $9.04
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $9.04
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $9.04
Superior Health Plan PFFS $9.04
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $9.04
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $9.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $9.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $9.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $9.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $9.13
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $9.32
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $9.32
Molina MGMCR $9.38
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $9.90
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $10.33
Verda Health Plan MCR $11.19
Superior ValueHMO $12.48
Community Health Choice HIX $12.48
Superior EPO $13.35
Superior HMO $13.35
UTMB MGMCR $14.03
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $17.05
BCBS MyBlueHealth $17.39
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $18.08
Molina Healthcare HIX $18.51
BCBS BAV $19.20
BCBS HMO $24.02
Oscar HIX $24.88
BCBS EPOSOA $25.74
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $25.83
BCBS PPO $27.47
Aetna QHPExchange $31.52
Cigna CSN $34.86
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $37.75
Aetna NBHMO $41.92
Aetna NBPOS $41.92
Aetna NBPPO $41.92
Aetna COMMPPO $44.54
Aetna COMMHMO $44.54
Aetna COMMPOS $44.54
Cigna PPO $44.92
Superior Health Plan STAR $48.59
Superior Health Plan STARKids $48.59
Superior Health Plan CHIP $48.59
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $48.59
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $48.59
Aetna OONPPO $52.32
Aetna OONPOS $52.32
Aetna OONHMO $52.32
Aetna ASAHMO $56.57
Aetna ASAPPO $56.57
Aetna ASAPOS $56.57
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $105.27
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $105.27
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $105.27
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $105.27
Amerigroup MGMCD $113.37
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $113.37
Humana PPO $115.02
Humana HMO $115.02
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $134.43
United OptionsPPO $142.52
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $191.92
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $191.92
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $194.35
Evry Health BroadNetwork $221.08
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $283.43
BCBS Traditional $283.43
Imagine Health PPO $283.43
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $348.21
Averde Health Commercial $364.41
United GlobalAppendix $364.41
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $364.41
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $404.90
Coventry National First Health COMM $431.62
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $445.39
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $445.39
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $485.88
Beech Street WCOMP $485.88
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $485.88
Independent Medical System COMM $485.88
Coastal Comp COMM $526.37
Beech Street COMMPPO $647.84
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $664.04
Physicians, INC COMM $688.33
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $688.33
Affiliated PPO COMM $728.82
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $728.82
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Semen analysis w/count at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $85.80 $8.18 – $107.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $103.01 $12.00 – $154.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $83.99 $8.18 – $104.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $85.80 $8.18 – $107.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $103.01 $8.18 – $154.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $103.01 $8.00 – $154.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $83.99 $8.18 – $125.98
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