Tc-99m apcitide diag 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

$3,437.80

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.

$3,437.80

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.

$206.27 with Superior Health Plan vs $4,480.40 with Humana — 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 $206.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $206.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $206.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $206.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $206.27 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $227.93 ↓ -93%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $446.91 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $446.91 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $446.91 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $446.91 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $481.29 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $481.29 ↓ -86%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -85%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $560.36 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $570.67 ↓ -83%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $605.05 ↓ -82%
BCBS BAV $618.80 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $670.37 ↓ -81%
BCBS HMO $773.50 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $790.69 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $804.45 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $814.76 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $814.76 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $825.07 ↓ -76%
United AllPayerAppendix $867.45 ↓ -75%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $867.45 ↓ -75%
United SmallGroup $867.45 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $876.64 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $928.21 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $938.52 ↓ -73%
Cigna CSN $995.49 ↓ -71%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $1,031.34 ↓ -70%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,077.76 ↓ -69%
Aetna NBPPO $1,103.53 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $1,103.53 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $1,103.53 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,175.73 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,175.73 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,175.73 ↓ -66%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $1,203.23 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $1,203.23 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $1,203.23 ↓ -65%
Cigna PPO $1,283.44 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,375.12 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,375.12 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $1,378.56 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $1,378.56 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $1,378.56 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,478.25 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,488.57 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,488.57 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,488.57 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,547.01 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $1,547.01 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,547.01 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,718.90 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,832.35 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,890.79 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,890.79 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,062.68 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $2,062.68 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $2,062.68 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,062.68 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $2,234.57 ↓ -35%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $2,750.24 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $2,750.24 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,819.00 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,922.13 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,922.13 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $3,094.02 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,094.02 ↓ -10%
Humana HMO $4,480.40 ↑ +30%
Humana PPO $4,480.40 ↑ +30%

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Tc-99m apcitide diag at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $383.99 $100.00 – $822.83
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $157.80 $100.00 – $946.80
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $157.80 $100.00 – $946.80
St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine San Augustine $157.80 $100.00 – $1,094.08
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $867.45 – $4,480.40
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $867.45 – $4,480.40
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $867.45 – $4,480.40
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $867.45 – $4,480.40

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