Tc-99m pyroph diag per dose up to 25 mci at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$300.05
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.
$300.05
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.
$18.00 with Superior Health Plan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $18.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $18.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $18.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $18.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $18.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $19.89 | ↓ -93% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $39.01 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $39.01 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $39.01 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $39.01 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $42.01 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $42.01 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $49.81 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $52.81 | ↓ -82% |
| Oscar | HIX | $58.51 | ↓ -80% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $65.59 | ↓ -78% |
| United | SmallGroup | $65.59 | ↓ -78% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $65.59 | ↓ -78% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $71.11 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $71.11 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $72.01 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $75.01 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $76.51 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $81.01 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $81.91 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $90.02 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $96.32 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $96.32 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $96.32 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $97.61 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $102.62 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $102.62 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $102.62 | ↓ -66% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $105.02 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $105.02 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $105.02 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | BAV | $107.57 | ↓ -64% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $120.02 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $120.02 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $120.32 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $120.32 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $120.32 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $129.02 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $129.92 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $129.92 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $129.92 | ↓ -57% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $134.46 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | HMO | $134.46 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | PPO | $134.46 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $135.02 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $135.02 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $135.02 | ↓ -55% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $150.03 | ↓ -50% |
| Cigna | CSN | $158.10 | ↓ -47% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $159.93 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $165.03 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $165.03 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $171.16 | ↓ -43% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $180.03 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $180.03 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $180.03 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $180.03 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $195.03 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | PPO | $203.83 | ↓ -32% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $240.04 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $240.04 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $240.04 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $246.04 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $255.04 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $255.04 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $270.05 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $270.05 | ↓ -10% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -0% |
| Humana | PPO | $467.52 | ↑ +56% |
| Humana | HMO | $467.52 | ↑ +56% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↑ +67% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↑ +100% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Tc-99m pyroph diag per dose up to 25 mci at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $1,280.09 | $65.59 – $467.52 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $109.90 | $44.82 – $314.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $54.95 | $38.49 – $282.60 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $87.37 | $34.64 – $513.90 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $109.90 | $54.28 – $314.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $109.90 | $54.28 – $314.00 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $54.95 | $38.49 – $266.90 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $109.90 | $54.28 – $314.00 |