Tc-99m exametazime 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

$9,053.47

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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.

$9,053.47

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.

$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $17,017.34 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
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -97%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $543.21 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $543.21 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $543.21 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $543.21 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $543.21 ↓ -94%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,176.95 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,176.95 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,176.95 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,176.95 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,267.49 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1,267.49 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,502.88 ↓ -83%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,530.72 ↓ -83%
United SmallGroup $1,530.72 ↓ -83%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,530.72 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,593.41 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $1,765.43 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2,145.67 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2,145.67 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $2,172.83 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $2,263.37 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,308.63 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,471.60 ↓ -73%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2,842.27 ↓ -69%
Aetna NBHMO $2,906.16 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $2,906.16 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $2,906.16 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMHMO $3,096.29 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $3,096.29 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $3,096.29 ↓ -66%
BCBS BAV $3,132.30 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $3,168.71 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $3,168.71 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $3,168.71 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $3,621.39 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3,621.39 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $3,630.44 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $3,630.44 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $3,630.44 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $3,892.99 ↓ -57%
BCBS EPOSOA $3,915.38 ↓ -57%
BCBS PPO $3,915.38 ↓ -57%
BCBS HMO $3,915.38 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $3,920.15 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $3,920.15 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $3,920.15 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $4,074.06 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $4,074.06 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $4,074.06 ↓ -55%
Cigna CSN $4,230.77 ↓ -53%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $4,526.73 ↓ -50%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $4,580.41 ↓ -49%
Coventry National First Health COMM $4,825.50 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $4,979.41 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $4,979.41 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $5,432.08 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $5,432.08 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $5,432.08 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $5,432.08 ↓ -40%
Cigna PPO $5,454.54 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $5,884.76 ↓ -35%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $7,242.78 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $7,242.78 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $7,423.85 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $7,695.45 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $7,695.45 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $8,148.12 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $8,148.12 ↓ -10%
Humana HMO $17,017.34 ↑ +88%
Humana PPO $17,017.34 ↑ +88%

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Tc-99m exametazime diag at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $6,497.16 $1,530.72 – $17,017.34
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $6,745.24 $1,530.72 – $17,017.34
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $2,389.91 $100.00 – $5,121.00
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,135.70 $100.00 – $6,102.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $494.55 $360.04 – $2,543.40
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $524.70 $100.00 – $3,148.20
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $3,218.16 $1,530.72 – $17,017.34
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $2,135.70 $100.00 – $6,102.00

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