Test urine for porphyrins at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
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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.
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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.
$11.00 with Texas Health Network vs $1,386.70 with Multiplan — 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 |
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| Texas Health Network | MCD | $11.00 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $11.22 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $11.22 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $11.22 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $11.22 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $11.22 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $11.22 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $11.22 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $11.22 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $11.22 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $11.44 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $12.12 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $12.34 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $12.34 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $12.34 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $12.34 | — |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $13.09 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $13.36 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $13.36 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $13.36 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $13.36 | — |
| Kelsey Seybold | MGMCR | $13.36 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $13.36 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $13.36 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $13.36 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $13.36 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $13.36 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $13.36 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $13.36 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $13.36 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $13.36 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $13.36 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $13.36 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | MCR | $13.36 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | COMM | $13.36 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $13.36 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $13.43 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $13.47 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $13.49 | — |
| United | MCR | $13.63 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $13.76 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $13.76 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $13.76 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $13.76 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $13.76 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $13.76 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $14.03 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $14.03 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $14.03 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $14.03 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $14.03 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $14.03 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $14.03 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $14.03 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $14.03 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $14.03 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $14.16 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $14.16 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $14.16 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $14.16 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $14.16 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $14.46 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $14.46 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $14.56 | — |
| Kindred Hospital | MGMCR | $15.36 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $16.03 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $17.37 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $19.37 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $19.37 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $20.71 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $20.71 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCR | $21.78 | — |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $26.45 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $26.99 | — |
| OMNI Healthcare | WORKERSCOMP | $28.06 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $28.72 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $29.79 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $32.46 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $37.27 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $38.61 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $39.95 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $42.62 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $48.92 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $54.38 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $58.91 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $65.06 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $65.06 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $65.06 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $69.12 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $69.12 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $69.12 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $70.08 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $81.20 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $81.20 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $81.20 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $87.80 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $87.80 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $87.80 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $92.45 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $92.45 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $92.45 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $92.45 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $92.45 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $144.56 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $144.56 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $255.77 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $271.18 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $369.79 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $420.63 | — |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $539.27 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $539.27 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $539.27 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $662.54 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $693.35 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $693.35 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $693.35 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $770.39 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $821.24 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $847.43 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $847.43 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $924.47 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $924.47 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $924.47 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $924.47 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,001.51 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $1,232.62 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,263.44 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $1,309.66 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $1,309.66 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,386.70 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $1,386.70 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $252.30 | $11.22 – $54.38 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $63.63 | $10.66 – $136.35 |
| Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $48.06 | $9.84 – $72.81 |
| Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $48.06 | $9.84 – $72.81 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $12.02 – $51.44 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $29.16 – $58.25 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $11.00 – $54.38 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | not published | $11.22 – $54.38 |