Transfusion blood/blood component(s) 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

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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.

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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.

$30.12 with Texas Health Network vs $1,981.32 with Cigna Behavioral Health — 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 $30.12
UTMB MGMCD $30.73
Amerigroup MGMCD $32.27
United MGMCD $32.98
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $33.80
Molina Healthcare CHIP $33.80
Molina Healthcare STAR $33.80
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $33.80
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $34.42
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $34.42
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $34.42
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $34.42
Humana MCD $38.41
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $38.80
Superior Health Plan STARKids $62.63
Superior Health Plan STAR $62.63
Superior Health Plan CHIP $62.63
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $62.63
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $62.63
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $146.13
Cigna CSN $154.48
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $167.01
BCBS MyBlueHealth $170.14
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $173.27
United OptionsPPO $183.71
BCBS BAV $187.88
Cigna PPO $198.32
Oscar HIX $203.54
BCBS HMO $234.85
BCBS EPOSOA $240.07
BCBS PPO $244.25
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $247.38
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $247.38
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $250.51
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $266.17
Aetna QHPExchange $276.61
Evry Health BroadNetwork $284.96
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Humana HMO $333.08
Humana PPO $333.08
Aetna NBPOS $335.06
Aetna NBPPO $335.06
Aetna NBHMO $335.06
Aetna COMMPPO $356.98
Aetna COMMHMO $356.98
Aetna COMMPOS $356.98
Imagine Health PPO $365.33
BCBS Traditional $365.33
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $365.33
Curative Administrators COMM $417.52
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $417.52
Aetna OONPPO $418.56
Aetna OONPOS $418.56
Aetna OONHMO $418.56
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $448.83
Aetna ASAHMO $451.97
Aetna ASAPOS $451.97
Aetna ASAPPO $451.97
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $469.71
Averde Health Commercial $469.71
United GlobalAppendix $469.71
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $521.90
Coventry National First Health COMM $556.35
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $574.09
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $574.09
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
IPA Management Services COMM $619.16
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $626.28
Independent Medical System COMM $626.28
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $626.28
Beech Street WCOMP $626.28
Coastal Comp COMM $678.47
Beech Street COMMPPO $835.04
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $855.92
Physicians, INC COMM $887.23
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $887.23
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $939.42
Affiliated PPO COMM $939.42
United SmallGroup $1,120.00
United AllPayerAppendix $1,600.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,702.00
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,981.32

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Transfusion blood/blood component(s) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $3,775.85 $43.76 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,098.91 $30.73 – $1,373.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,085.62 $32.88 – $1,628.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,098.56 $30.73 – $1,373.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,098.91 $30.73 – $1,373.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,085.62 $32.88 – $1,628.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,085.62 $30.73 – $1,628.42
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,098.56 $30.73 – $1,647.84

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