Transcatheter bx s&i 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

$12,632.57

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.

$12,632.57

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.

$71.67 with BCBS vs $11,369.31 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $71.67 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $77.37 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $138.45 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $143.74 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $148.63 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $757.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $757.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $757.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $757.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $757.95 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $837.54 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,642.23 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,642.23 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,642.23 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,642.23 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,768.56 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1,768.56 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $1,869.62 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,021.21 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,097.01 ↓ -83%
Aetna QHPExchange $2,220.71 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $2,223.33 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $2,400.19 ↓ -81%
Aetna NBHMO $2,951.54 ↓ -77%
Aetna NBPOS $2,951.54 ↓ -77%
Aetna NBPPO $2,951.54 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2,993.92 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2,993.92 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $3,031.82 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMMPOS $3,139.74 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMMPPO $3,139.74 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMMHMO $3,139.74 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $3,221.31 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $3,410.79 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $3,448.69 ↓ -73%
Aetna OONHMO $3,691.78 ↓ -71%
Aetna OONPOS $3,691.78 ↓ -71%
Aetna OONPPO $3,691.78 ↓ -71%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $3,789.77 ↓ -70%
Aetna ASAHMO $3,989.76 ↓ -68%
Aetna ASAPOS $3,989.76 ↓ -68%
Aetna ASAPPO $3,989.76 ↓ -68%
Imagine Health PPO $4,421.40 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $4,421.40 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $4,421.40 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $5,053.03 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5,053.03 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $5,432.01 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $5,684.66 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $5,684.66 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $5,684.66 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $6,316.28 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $6,733.16 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $6,947.91 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $6,947.91 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $7,579.54 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $7,579.54 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,579.54 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $7,579.54 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $8,211.17 ↓ -35%
Humana PPO $9,287.22 ↓ -26%
Humana HMO $9,287.22 ↓ -26%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $10,106.06 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $10,106.06 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $10,358.71 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $10,737.68 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $10,737.68 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $11,369.31 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $11,369.31 ↓ -10%

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