Strep a ag ia 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

$620.38

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.

$620.38

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.

$13.84 with Texas Health Network vs $537.75 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
Texas Health Network MCD $13.84 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCD $14.12 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $14.12 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $14.12 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $14.12 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $14.12 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $14.12 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $14.12 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $14.12 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $14.12 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $14.40 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $15.25 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $15.53 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $15.53 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $15.53 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $15.53 ↓ -97%
Oscar MGMCR $16.47 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.81 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $16.81 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.81 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.81 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.81 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $16.81 ↓ -97%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $16.81 ↓ -97%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.81 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $16.81 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $16.81 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $16.81 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $16.81 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $16.81 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $16.81 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $16.81 ↓ -97%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $16.81 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup DualEligible $16.81 ↓ -97%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $16.81 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $16.81 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $16.89 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $16.95 ↓ -97%
Van Lang IPA MCR $16.98 ↓ -97%
United MCR $17.15 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCRHMO $17.31 ↓ -97%
WellCare POS $17.31 ↓ -97%
WellCare PFFS $17.31 ↓ -97%
WellCare SNP $17.31 ↓ -97%
WellCare PPO $17.31 ↓ -97%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $17.31 ↓ -97%
Shared Health MGMCR $17.65 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $17.65 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MGMCR $17.65 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $17.65 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $17.65 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $17.65 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $17.65 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $17.65 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $17.65 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $17.65 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $17.82 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $17.82 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $17.82 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $17.82 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $17.82 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $18.19 ↓ -97%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $18.19 ↓ -97%
Molina MGMCR $18.32 ↓ -97%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $19.33 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $20.17 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MCR $21.85 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice HIX $24.37 ↓ -96%
Superior ValueHMO $24.37 ↓ -96%
Superior EPO $26.06 ↓ -96%
Superior HMO $26.06 ↓ -96%
UTMB MGMCR $27.40 ↓ -96%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $33.28 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $33.96 ↓ -95%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $35.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $35.85 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $35.85 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $35.85 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $35.85 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $35.85 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare HIX $36.14 ↓ -94%
BCBS BAV $37.49 ↓ -94%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $40.85 ↓ -93%
BCBS HMO $46.90 ↓ -92%
Oscar HIX $48.58 ↓ -92%
BCBS EPOSOA $50.26 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $53.62 ↓ -91%
Aetna QHPExchange $61.60 ↓ -90%
Cigna CSN $69.71 ↓ -89%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $75.51 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPPO $81.92 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBHMO $81.92 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPOS $81.92 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPOS $87.03 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMPPO $87.03 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMHMO $87.03 ↓ -86%
Cigna PPO $89.84 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $99.19 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONHMO $102.24 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONPOS $102.24 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONPPO $102.24 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $105.16 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAHMO $110.55 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAPOS $110.55 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAPPO $110.55 ↓ -82%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $143.40 ↓ -77%
IPA Management Services COMM $155.09 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $163.12 ↓ -74%
Humana HMO $181.88 ↓ -71%
Humana PPO $181.88 ↓ -71%
BCBS Traditional $209.13 ↓ -66%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $209.13 ↓ -66%
Imagine Health PPO $209.13 ↓ -66%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $256.93 ↓ -59%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $268.88 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $268.88 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $268.88 ↓ -57%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $298.75 ↓ -52%
Coventry National First Health COMM $318.47 ↓ -49%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $328.63 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $328.63 ↓ -47%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $358.50 ↓ -42%
Beech Street WCOMP $358.50 ↓ -42%
Independent Medical System COMM $358.50 ↓ -42%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $358.50 ↓ -42%
Coastal Comp COMM $388.38 ↓ -37%
Beech Street COMMPPO $478.00 ↓ -23%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $489.95 ↓ -21%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $496.30 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $507.88 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $507.88 ↓ -18%
Affiliated PPO COMM $537.75 ↓ -13%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $537.75 ↓ -13%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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