Tc-99m maa 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

$766.64

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.

$766.64

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.

$46.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $689.98 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $46.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $46.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $46.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $46.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $46.00 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $50.14 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $50.14 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $50.14 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCR $50.83 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $58.56 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $64.54 ↓ -92%
Cigna CSN $74.05 ↓ -90%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $80.17 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $80.68 ↓ -89%
BCBS EPOSOA $80.68 ↓ -89%
BCBS HMO $80.68 ↓ -89%
Cigna PPO $95.47 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $99.66 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $99.66 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $99.66 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $99.66 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $107.33 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $107.33 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $127.26 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $134.93 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $149.49 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $181.69 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $181.69 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $183.99 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $191.66 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $195.49 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $206.99 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $209.29 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $229.99 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $233.18 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $233.18 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBPPO $246.09 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $246.09 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $246.09 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMHMO $262.19 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $262.19 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $262.19 ↓ -66%
Imagine Health PPO $268.32 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $268.32 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $268.32 ↓ -65%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -61%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $306.66 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $306.66 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $307.42 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $307.42 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $307.42 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $329.66 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $331.96 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $331.96 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $331.96 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $344.99 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $344.99 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $344.99 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $383.32 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $408.62 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $421.65 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $421.65 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $459.98 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $459.98 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $459.98 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $459.98 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $498.32 ↓ -35%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -35%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -22%
Beech Street COMMPPO $613.31 ↓ -20%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $613.31 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $613.31 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $628.64 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $651.64 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $651.64 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $689.98 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $689.98 ↓ -10%

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Tc-99m maa at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $1,099.56 $50.14 – $233.18
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $1,280.09 $50.14 – $233.18
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $1,328.96 $50.14 – $233.18
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $399.11 $32.57 – $855.23
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $386.05 $26.89 – $1,103.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $85.58 $29.44 – $440.10
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $155.10 $26.50 – $930.60
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $661.03 $50.14 – $233.18

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