Smear fluorescent and/or acid fast stain 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.
$4.44 with Texas Health Network vs $250.06 with Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $4.44 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $4.53 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $4.53 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $4.53 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $4.53 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $4.53 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $4.53 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $4.53 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $4.53 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $4.53 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $4.62 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $4.89 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $4.98 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $4.98 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $4.98 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $4.98 | — |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $5.28 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $5.39 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $5.39 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $5.39 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $5.39 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | MCR | $5.39 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | COMM | $5.39 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $5.39 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $5.39 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $5.39 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $5.39 | — |
| Kelsey Seybold | MGMCR | $5.39 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $5.39 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $5.39 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $5.39 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $5.39 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $5.39 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $5.39 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $5.39 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $5.39 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $5.42 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $5.44 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $5.44 | — |
| United | MCR | $5.50 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $5.55 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $5.55 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $5.55 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $5.55 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $5.55 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $5.55 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $5.66 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $5.66 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $5.66 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $5.66 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $5.66 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $5.66 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $5.66 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $5.66 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $5.66 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $5.66 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $5.71 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $5.71 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $5.71 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $5.71 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $5.71 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $5.83 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $5.83 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $5.88 | — |
| Kindred Hospital | MGMCR | $6.20 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $6.41 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $6.41 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $6.41 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $6.41 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $6.41 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $6.47 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $7.01 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $7.82 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $7.82 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $8.35 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $8.35 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCR | $8.79 | — |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $10.67 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $10.89 | — |
| OMNI Healthcare | WORKERSCOMP | $11.32 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $11.59 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $12.02 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $15.04 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $15.58 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $16.12 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $16.16 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $17.19 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $17.73 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $19.76 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $21.57 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $22.30 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $24.15 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $26.28 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $26.28 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $26.28 | — |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $26.70 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $27.92 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $27.92 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $27.92 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $28.74 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $29.15 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $32.80 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $32.80 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $32.80 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $35.46 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $35.46 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $35.46 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $37.38 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $37.38 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $45.92 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $48.06 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $48.06 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $48.06 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $53.40 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $56.92 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $58.73 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $58.73 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $64.07 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $64.07 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $64.07 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $64.07 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $69.41 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $71.95 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $71.95 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $85.43 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $85.43 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $87.57 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $90.77 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $90.77 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $96.11 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $96.11 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $171.47 | — |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $250.06 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $87.49 | $4.53 – $39.47 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $85.55 | $6.50 – $47.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $97.80 | $4.53 – $39.47 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $87.49 | $4.53 – $39.47 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $85.55 | $4.85 – $47.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $85.55 | $4.53 – $47.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $97.80 | $4.53 – $47.37 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $87.49 | $4.53 – $39.47 |