Split blood or products 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

$216.13

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.

$216.13

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.

$12.97 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.

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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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $12.97 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $12.97 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $12.97 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $12.97 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $12.97 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $28.10 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $28.10 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $28.10 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $28.10 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $30.26 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $30.26 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $31.99 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $34.58 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $35.88 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $38.04 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $41.06 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $42.15 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $51.22 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $51.22 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $51.87 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $55.11 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $59.00 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $68.97 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $68.97 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $75.65 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $75.65 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $75.65 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $86.45 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $92.94 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $97.26 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $97.26 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $97.26 ↓ -55%
Aetna QHPExchange $97.85 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $108.06 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $115.20 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $118.87 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $118.87 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $129.68 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $129.68 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $129.68 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $129.68 ↓ -40%
Aetna NBPOS $130.12 ↓ -40%
Aetna NBPPO $130.12 ↓ -40%
Aetna NBHMO $130.12 ↓ -40%
Aetna COMMPPO $138.24 ↓ -36%
Aetna COMMPOS $138.24 ↓ -36%
Aetna COMMHMO $138.24 ↓ -36%
Coastal Comp COMM $140.48 ↓ -35%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $149.16 ↓ -31%
United SmallGroup $149.16 ↓ -31%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -31%
Aetna OONPOS $162.40 ↓ -25%
Aetna OONHMO $162.40 ↓ -25%
Aetna OONPPO $162.40 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $172.90 ↓ -20%
Aetna ASAPPO $175.60 ↓ -19%
Aetna ASAHMO $175.60 ↓ -19%
Aetna ASAPOS $175.60 ↓ -19%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $177.23 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $183.71 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $183.71 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $194.52 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $194.52 ↓ -10%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $289.87 ↑ +34%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↑ +39%
BCBS BAV $320.00 ↑ +48%
BCBS HMO $400.37 ↑ +85%
BCBS EPOSOA $429.07 ↑ +99%
BCBS PPO $457.76 ↑ +112%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↑ +131%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↑ +178%
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