Svc venogram 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

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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.

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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.

$116.57 with Texas Health Network vs $8,788.01 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 $116.57
Amerigroup MGMCD $118.95
UTMB MGMCD $118.95
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $118.95
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $118.95
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $118.95
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $119.63
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $119.63
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $119.63
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $119.63
United MGMCD $122.02
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $129.20
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $130.85
Molina Healthcare STAR $130.85
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $130.85
Molina Healthcare CHIP $130.85
Humana MCD $148.69
Cigna CSN $241.28
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $261.12
Cigna PPO $310.40
Aetna QHPExchange $400.09
Aetna NBPPO $531.76
Aetna NBPOS $531.76
Aetna NBHMO $531.76
Aetna COMMPOS $565.67
Aetna COMMHMO $565.67
Aetna COMMPPO $565.67
Superior Health Plan STAR $585.87
Superior Health Plan CHIP $585.87
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $585.87
Superior Health Plan STARKids $585.87
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $585.87
Aetna OONHMO $665.12
Aetna OONPPO $665.12
Aetna OONPOS $665.12
Aetna ASAPOS $718.81
Aetna ASAHMO $718.81
Aetna ASAPPO $718.81
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,109.70
BCBS BAV $1,197.97
Humana PPO $1,446.61
Humana HMO $1,446.61
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,620.90
United OptionsPPO $1,718.54
BCBS HMO $2,143.73
BCBS EPOSOA $2,225.70
BCBS PPO $2,301.36
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $2,343.47
IPA Management Services COMM $2,441.11
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,489.93
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,665.69
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,671.67
United SmallGroup $3,163.82
United AllPayerAppendix $3,163.82
BCBS Traditional $3,417.56
Imagine Health PPO $3,417.56
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $3,417.56
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3,905.78
Curative Administrators COMM $3,905.78
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $4,198.71
United GlobalAppendix $4,394.00
Averde Health Commercial $4,394.00
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $4,394.00
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $4,882.23
Coventry National First Health COMM $5,204.45
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $5,370.45
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $5,370.45
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,858.67
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $5,858.67
Beech Street WCOMP $5,858.67
Independent Medical System COMM $5,858.67
Coastal Comp COMM $6,346.89
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $7,811.56
Beech Street COMMPPO $7,811.56
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $8,006.85
Physicians, INC COMM $8,299.78
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $8,299.78
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $8,788.01
Affiliated PPO COMM $8,788.01

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