Surgical pathology level 2 gross & microscopic examination at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$1,153.04
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.
$1,153.04
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.
$24.67 with United vs $1,037.74 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $24.67 | ↓ -98% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $24.67 | ↓ -98% |
| United | SmallGroup | $24.67 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $46.44 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BAV | $51.27 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | HMO | $64.14 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $68.74 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $69.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $69.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $69.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $69.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $69.18 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | PPO | $73.34 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $95.05 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | CSN | $108.47 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $117.48 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $126.41 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $126.41 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $126.41 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $134.29 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $134.29 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $134.29 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | PPO | $139.78 | ↓ -88% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $149.90 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $149.90 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $149.90 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $149.90 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $157.76 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $157.76 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $157.76 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $161.43 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $161.43 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $170.58 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $170.58 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $170.58 | ↓ -85% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $191.40 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $202.94 | ↓ -82% |
| Oscar | HIX | $224.84 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | PPO | $244.21 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | HMO | $244.21 | ↓ -79% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $273.27 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $273.27 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $276.73 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $288.26 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $294.03 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $314.78 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $403.56 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $403.56 | ↓ -65% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $403.56 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $461.22 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $495.81 | ↓ -57% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $518.87 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $518.87 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $518.87 | ↓ -55% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $576.52 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $614.57 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $634.17 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $634.17 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $691.82 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $691.82 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $691.82 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $691.82 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $749.48 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $922.43 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $922.43 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $945.49 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $980.08 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $980.08 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,037.74 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $1,037.74 | ↓ -10% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Surgical pathology level 2 gross & microscopic examination at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $176.63 | $35.00 – $220.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $187.56 | $36.00 – $281.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $182.09 | $35.64 – $227.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $176.63 | $35.00 – $220.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $187.56 | $35.64 – $281.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $187.56 | $26.00 – $281.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $182.09 | $35.64 – $273.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $176.63 | $35.00 – $220.78 |