Thyroid mets imag whole body 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

$14,697.10

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.

$14,697.10

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.

$284.89 with Texas Health Network vs $13,227.39 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
Texas Health Network MCD $284.89 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $290.70 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $290.70 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $290.70 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $290.70 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCD $290.70 ↓ -98%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $308.40 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $308.40 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $308.40 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $308.40 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $314.57 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $319.77 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $319.77 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $319.77 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $319.77 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $333.07 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $363.38 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $498.56 ↓ -97%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $538.21 ↓ -96%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $881.83 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $881.83 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $881.83 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $881.83 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $881.83 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $929.86 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $963.12 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $999.94 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $1,033.94 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $1,101.15 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,534.38 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPOS $2,039.34 ↓ -86%
Aetna NBPPO $2,039.34 ↓ -86%
Aetna NBHMO $2,039.34 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,169.37 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,169.37 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,169.37 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,439.72 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPPO $2,550.79 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONHMO $2,550.79 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPOS $2,550.79 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $2,586.69 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,756.68 ↓ -81%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,756.68 ↓ -81%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,756.68 ↓ -81%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $3,527.30 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $3,747.76 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $4,012.31 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $4,689.84 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $4,689.84 ↓ -68%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $5,143.98 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $5,143.98 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $5,143.98 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $5,878.84 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5,878.84 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $6,319.75 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $6,613.69 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $6,613.69 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $6,613.69 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $7,348.55 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $7,833.55 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $8,083.40 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $8,083.40 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $8,818.26 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $8,818.26 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $8,818.26 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $8,818.26 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $9,553.11 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $11,757.68 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $12,051.62 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $12,492.53 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $12,492.53 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $13,227.39 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $13,227.39 ↓ -10%

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