Ther/proph/diag inj ia at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$2,501.73
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.
$2,501.73
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.
$44.69 with BCBS vs $2,251.56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $44.69 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BAV | $49.28 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | PPO | $61.69 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $61.69 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | HMO | $61.69 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | PPO | $180.77 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | HMO | $180.77 | ↓ -93% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $325.22 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $325.22 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $325.22 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $325.22 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $350.24 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $350.24 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | CSN | $370.26 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $400.28 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $415.29 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | PPO | $475.33 | ↓ -81% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $505.35 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $592.91 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $592.91 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $625.43 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $637.94 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $662.96 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $682.97 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $803.06 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $803.06 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $803.06 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $855.59 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $855.59 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $855.59 | ↓ -66% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $875.61 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $875.61 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,000.69 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,000.69 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,003.19 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,003.19 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,003.19 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $1,075.74 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,083.25 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,083.25 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,083.25 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,125.78 | ↓ -55% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $1,250.87 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,333.42 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,375.95 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,375.95 | ↓ -45% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,501.04 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,501.04 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,501.04 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $1,501.04 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,626.12 | ↓ -35% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $2,001.38 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $2,001.38 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,051.42 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $2,126.47 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $2,126.47 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $2,251.56 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $2,251.56 | ↓ -10% |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $247.33 | $58.64 – $530.97 |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $247.33 | $44.69 – $530.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $258.34 | $70.48 – $530.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $258.34 | $133.47 – $530.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $235.55 | $57.68 – $530.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $247.33 | $58.64 – $530.97 |