Ultrasound Guidance for a Needle Procedure at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
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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.
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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.
$44.40 with BCBS vs $7,694.10 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.
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 |
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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $44.40 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $47.94 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $85.78 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $89.06 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $92.09 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $226.62 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $226.62 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $226.62 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $241.12 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $241.12 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $241.12 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $283.50 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $283.50 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $283.50 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $306.53 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $306.53 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $306.53 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $512.94 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $512.94 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $512.94 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $512.94 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $512.94 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $566.80 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $1,111.37 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $1,111.37 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $1,111.37 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $1,111.37 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $1,196.86 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $1,196.86 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $1,496.08 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $1,496.08 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,504.77 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $1,692.70 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $2,051.96 | — |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $2,137.25 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,179.99 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $2,308.23 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $2,333.88 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $2,564.95 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $2,832.28 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $2,832.28 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $2,992.15 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,992.15 | — |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $2,992.44 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $3,419.60 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $3,419.60 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $3,676.07 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $3,847.05 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $3,847.05 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $3,847.05 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $4,428.38 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $4,701.95 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $4,701.95 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $5,129.40 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $5,129.40 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $5,129.40 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $5,556.85 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $6,411.75 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $6,839.20 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $6,839.86 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $7,010.18 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $7,266.65 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $7,266.65 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $7,266.65 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $7,694.10 | — |
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Ultrasound Guidance for a Needle Procedure at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $909.17 | $50.46 – $1,288.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $799.40 | $84.77 – $1,199.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $906.04 | $84.77 – $1,132.55 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $909.17 | $57.78 – $1,288.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $799.40 | $103.19 – $1,199.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $799.40 | $413.03 – $1,199.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $906.04 | $84.77 – $1,359.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $909.17 | $50.46 – $1,288.00 |