Ultrasound doppler velocimetry fetal umbilical artery 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

$1,498.01

Cash price

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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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$1,498.01

Gross charge

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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.

$43.88 with Texas Health Network vs $1,348.21 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 $43.88 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $44.78 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $44.78 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $44.78 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $44.78 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $44.78 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $44.78 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $44.78 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $44.78 ↓ -97%
UTMB MGMCD $44.78 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $45.68 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $48.36 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $49.26 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $49.26 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $49.26 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $49.26 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $55.98 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $89.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $89.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $89.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $89.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $89.88 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $127.23 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPPO $169.10 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBPOS $169.10 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBHMO $169.10 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPPO $179.88 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMHMO $179.88 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMPOS $179.88 ↓ -88%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26 ↓ -87%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONPPO $211.51 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONHMO $211.51 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONPOS $211.51 ↓ -86%
BCBS BAV $212.95 ↓ -86%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAPPO $228.58 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAPOS $228.58 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAHMO $228.58 ↓ -85%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -84%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $248.67 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $263.65 ↓ -82%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $359.52 ↓ -76%
BCBS HMO $381.07 ↓ -75%
BCBS EPOSOA $395.64 ↓ -74%
Humana PPO $396.70 ↓ -74%
Humana HMO $396.70 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $408.96 ↓ -73%
BCBS PPO $409.09 ↓ -73%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $524.30 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $524.30 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $524.30 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $599.20 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $599.20 ↓ -60%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $644.14 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $674.10 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $674.10 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $674.10 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $749.00 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $798.44 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $823.91 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $823.91 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $898.81 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $898.81 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $898.81 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $898.81 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $973.71 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,198.41 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,228.37 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,273.31 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,273.31 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,348.21 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,348.21 ↓ -10%

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