Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$191.98
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.
$191.98
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.
$4.19 with Cigna vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cigna | CSN | $4.19 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $4.53 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | PPO | $5.40 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $7.70 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BAV | $8.49 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | PPO | $10.61 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | HMO | $10.61 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $10.61 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $11.52 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $11.52 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $11.52 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $11.52 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $11.52 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $12.73 | ↓ -93% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $19.83 | ↓ -90% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $19.83 | ↓ -90% |
| United | SmallGroup | $19.83 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $24.96 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $24.96 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $24.96 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $24.96 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $26.88 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $26.88 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $31.87 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $33.79 | ↓ -82% |
| Oscar | HIX | $37.44 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | HMO | $38.28 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | PPO | $38.28 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $45.50 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $45.50 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $46.08 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $47.99 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $48.95 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $51.83 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $52.41 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $57.59 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $61.63 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $61.63 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $61.63 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $65.66 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $65.66 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $65.66 | ↓ -66% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $67.19 | ↓ -65% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $67.19 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $67.19 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $76.79 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $76.79 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $76.98 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $76.98 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $76.98 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $82.55 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $83.13 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $83.13 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $83.13 | ↓ -57% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $86.39 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $86.39 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $86.39 | ↓ -55% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $95.99 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $102.33 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $105.59 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $105.59 | ↓ -45% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $115.19 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $115.19 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $115.19 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $115.19 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $124.79 | ↓ -35% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $153.58 | ↓ -20% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $153.58 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $153.58 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $157.42 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $163.18 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $163.18 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $172.78 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $172.78 | ↓ -10% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↑ +56% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↑ +160% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↑ +213% |
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Tc-99m pertechnetate per mci at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $235.55 | $4.19 – $38.28 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $244.54 | $4.19 – $38.28 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $8.82 | $4.28 – $18.75 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $9.10 | $3.54 – $26.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $58.98 | $5.42 – $303.30 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $11.25 | $8.41 – $73.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | $165.94 | $4.19 – $38.28 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $9.10 | $4.28 – $26.00 |