Sialography s&i 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

$4,715.96

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.

$4,715.96

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.

$113.62 with Texas Health Network vs $4,244.36 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
Texas Health Network MCD $113.62 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $115.94 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $115.94 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCD $115.94 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $115.94 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $115.94 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $118.61 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $118.61 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $118.61 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $118.61 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $120.98 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $127.53 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $127.53 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $127.53 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $127.53 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $128.10 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $144.93 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $282.96 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $282.96 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $282.96 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $282.96 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $282.96 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $365.09 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $395.11 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $410.15 ↓ -91%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $437.25 ↓ -91%
BCBS BAV $442.78 ↓ -91%
Cigna PPO $469.67 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79 ↓ -89%
United SmallGroup $517.79 ↓ -89%
Aetna QHPExchange $611.22 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $782.85 ↓ -83%
BCBS HMO $792.34 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBPPO $812.37 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBHMO $812.37 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBPOS $812.37 ↓ -83%
BCBS EPOSOA $822.63 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $830.01 ↓ -82%
BCBS PPO $850.60 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMHMO $864.16 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMPPO $864.16 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMPOS $864.16 ↓ -82%
Aetna OONPPO $1,016.10 ↓ -78%
Aetna OONPOS $1,016.10 ↓ -78%
Aetna OONHMO $1,016.10 ↓ -78%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,098.12 ↓ -77%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,098.12 ↓ -77%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,098.12 ↓ -77%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,131.83 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $1,178.99 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,202.57 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,287.46 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $1,316.34 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $1,316.34 ↓ -72%
BCBS Traditional $1,650.59 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $1,650.59 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $1,650.59 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,886.38 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,886.38 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,027.86 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $2,122.18 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $2,122.18 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,122.18 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $2,357.98 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,513.61 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,593.78 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,593.78 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,829.58 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,829.58 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $2,829.58 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $2,829.58 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $3,065.37 ↓ -35%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $3,772.77 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $3,772.77 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,867.09 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $4,008.57 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $4,008.57 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $4,244.36 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $4,244.36 ↓ -10%

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