Tilt table study at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$3,852.39
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.
$3,852.39
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.
$155.17 with BCBS vs $43,890.00 with Curative Administrators — 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 | $155.17 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BAV | $171.08 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $214.18 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | PPO | $214.18 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | HMO | $214.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $238.03 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $238.03 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $238.03 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $238.03 | ↓ -94% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $256.34 | ↓ -93% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $256.34 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | CSN | $270.99 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $292.96 | ↓ -92% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $303.95 | ↓ -92% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $322.26 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | PPO | $347.89 | ↓ -91% |
| Oscar | HIX | $357.05 | ↓ -91% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $433.95 | ↓ -89% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $433.95 | ↓ -89% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $439.44 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $485.22 | ↓ -87% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $587.76 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $587.76 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $587.76 | ↓ -85% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $626.21 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $626.21 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $626.21 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $640.86 | ↓ -83% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $732.41 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $734.24 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $734.24 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $734.24 | ↓ -81% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $787.34 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $792.83 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $792.83 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $792.83 | ↓ -79% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $823.96 | ↓ -79% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $963.10 | ↓ -75% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $975.93 | ↓ -75% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,007.06 | ↓ -74% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,007.06 | ↓ -74% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,098.61 | ↓ -71% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,098.61 | ↓ -71% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,098.61 | ↓ -71% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $1,098.61 | ↓ -71% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,120.00 | ↓ -71% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,190.16 | ↓ -69% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $1,464.82 | ↓ -62% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,501.44 | ↓ -61% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $1,556.37 | ↓ -60% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $1,556.37 | ↓ -60% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,600.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $1,647.92 | ↓ -57% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,647.92 | ↓ -57% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,702.00 | ↓ -56% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $3,081.91 | ↓ -20% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $5,000.00 | ↑ +30% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $5,591.00 | ↑ +45% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $5,591.00 | ↑ +45% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $5,591.00 | ↑ +45% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $5,591.00 | ↑ +45% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $5,591.00 | ↑ +45% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $7,874.00 | ↑ +104% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $8,798.00 | ↑ +128% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $9,115.00 | ↑ +137% |
| Humana | HMO | $10,106.00 | ↑ +162% |
| Humana | PPO | $10,106.00 | ↑ +162% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $13,910.00 | ↑ +261% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $21,231.00 | ↑ +451% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $29,288.00 | ↑ +660% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $43,890.00 | ↑ +1039% |
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Tilt table study at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,325.16 | $203.57 – $2,906.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,325.10 | $200.26 – $3,487.65 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,062.26 | $200.26 – $2,577.82 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,325.16 | $155.17 – $2,906.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,325.10 | $244.68 – $3,487.65 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,325.10 | $1,201.30 – $3,487.65 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,062.26 | $200.26 – $3,093.39 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $2,325.16 | $203.57 – $2,906.45 |