Shot (Injection into Muscle or Under the Skin) at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
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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.
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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.
$3.52 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 |
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| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $3.52 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $3.52 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $3.52 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $3.52 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $3.52 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $7.62 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $7.62 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $7.62 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $7.62 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $8.21 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $8.21 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $8.68 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $9.38 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $10.32 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $11.14 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $11.44 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $14.08 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $14.96 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $16.01 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $18.24 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $18.24 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $18.24 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $19.41 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $19.41 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $19.41 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $19.43 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $19.43 | — |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $20.53 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $20.53 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $20.53 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $22.76 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $22.76 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $22.76 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $23.46 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $23.46 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $24.57 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $24.57 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $24.57 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $25.22 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $26.39 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $26.39 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $26.39 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $30.38 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $32.26 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $32.26 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $35.19 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $35.19 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $35.19 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $38.12 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $43.99 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $48.09 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $49.85 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $49.85 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $49.85 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $52.78 | — |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $66.37 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $141.50 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $156.01 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $195.32 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $195.32 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $195.32 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $212.39 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
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Shot (Injection into Muscle or Under the Skin) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $350.96 | $232.81 – $232.81 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $192.72 | $54.60 – $240.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $172.35 | $35.48 – $258.52 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $197.78 | $39.56 – $247.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $192.72 | $51.39 – $240.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $172.35 | $55.32 – $258.52 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $172.35 | $89.05 – $258.52 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $197.78 | $65.93 – $296.68 |