Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction 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

$842.96

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.

$842.96

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.

$34.87 with Superior Health Plan vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $34.87 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $34.87 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $34.87 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STAR $34.87 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $34.87 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $75.56 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $75.56 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $75.56 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $75.56 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $81.37 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup MGMCD $81.37 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $96.48 ↓ -89%
Oscar HIX $113.34 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $117.40 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $137.75 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $137.75 ↓ -84%
IPA Management Services COMM $145.30 ↓ -83%
Aetna QHPExchange $154.02 ↓ -82%
Humana PPO $173.86 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $173.86 ↓ -79%
Aetna NBPPO $186.57 ↓ -78%
Aetna NBPOS $186.57 ↓ -78%
Aetna NBHMO $186.57 ↓ -78%
Aetna COMMPOS $198.77 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMMHMO $198.77 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMMPPO $198.77 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $202.31 ↓ -76%
BCBS Traditional $203.42 ↓ -76%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $232.48 ↓ -72%
Aetna OONPPO $233.07 ↓ -72%
Aetna OONHMO $233.07 ↓ -72%
Aetna OONPOS $233.07 ↓ -72%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $249.92 ↓ -70%
Aetna ASAHMO $251.66 ↓ -70%
Aetna ASAPOS $251.66 ↓ -70%
Aetna ASAPPO $251.66 ↓ -70%
United GlobalAppendix $261.54 ↓ -69%
Averde Health Commercial $261.54 ↓ -69%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $261.54 ↓ -69%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $290.61 ↓ -66%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -64%
Coventry National First Health COMM $309.78 ↓ -63%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $319.67 ↓ -62%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $319.67 ↓ -62%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $348.73 ↓ -59%
Independent Medical System COMM $348.73 ↓ -59%
Beech Street WCOMP $348.73 ↓ -59%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $348.73 ↓ -59%
Coastal Comp COMM $377.79 ↓ -55%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $430.47 ↓ -49%
Beech Street COMMPPO $464.97 ↓ -45%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $464.97 ↓ -45%
BCBS BAV $474.62 ↓ -44%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $476.59 ↓ -43%
Physicians, INC COMM $494.03 ↓ -41%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $494.03 ↓ -41%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -41%
Affiliated PPO COMM $523.09 ↓ -38%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $523.09 ↓ -38%
BCBS PPO $594.19 ↓ -30%
BCBS HMO $594.19 ↓ -30%
BCBS EPOSOA $594.19 ↓ -30%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -29%

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Treatment inhalation pressurized/nonpressurized acute airway obstruction at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $957.84 $708.25 – $708.25
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $203.49 $57.66 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $242.77 $49.97 – $528.37
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $242.77 $77.93 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $242.77 $125.43 – $3,235.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $325.31 $108.44 – $528.37

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