Sweat collection by iontophoresis at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$2,653.13
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.
$2,653.13
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.
$8.97 with Aetna vs $2,387.82 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $8.97 | ↓ -100% |
| Cigna | CSN | $10.87 | ↓ -100% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $11.77 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $11.92 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $11.92 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $11.92 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $12.67 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $12.67 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $12.67 | ↓ -100% |
| Cigna | PPO | $14.01 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $14.88 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $14.88 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $14.88 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $16.09 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $16.09 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $16.09 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | HMO | $36.03 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | PPO | $36.03 | ↓ -99% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $49.76 | ↓ -98% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $49.76 | ↓ -98% |
| United | SmallGroup | $49.76 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $99.93 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BAV | $110.32 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | HMO | $138.02 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $147.92 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | PPO | $157.81 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $159.19 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $159.19 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $159.19 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $159.19 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $159.19 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $344.91 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $344.91 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $344.91 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $344.91 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $371.44 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $371.44 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $440.42 | ↓ -83% |
| Oscar | HIX | $517.36 | ↓ -81% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $535.93 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $628.79 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $628.79 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $663.28 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $676.55 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $724.30 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $928.60 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $928.60 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,061.25 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $1,140.85 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,193.91 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $1,193.91 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $1,193.91 | ↓ -55% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $1,326.57 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,414.12 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,459.22 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,459.22 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,591.88 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,591.88 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,591.88 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $1,591.88 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,724.53 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $2,122.50 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $2,122.50 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,175.57 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $2,255.16 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $2,255.16 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $2,387.82 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $2,387.82 | ↓ -10% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $232.83 | $12.00 – $349.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $194.29 | $12.00 – $242.87 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $232.83 | $12.00 – $349.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $232.83 | $8.00 – $349.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $194.29 | $12.00 – $291.44 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $232.83 | $46.57 – $291.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $232.83 | $12.00 – $349.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $194.29 | $12.00 – $291.44 |