Ultrasound guide intraoperative at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$4,505.43
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.
$4,505.43
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.
$114.80 with BCBS vs $4,054.89 with Multiplan — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $114.80 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BAV | $123.94 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | HMO | $221.78 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $230.26 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | PPO | $238.09 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $270.33 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $270.33 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $270.33 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $270.33 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $270.33 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $298.71 | ↓ -93% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $355.98 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $473.13 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $473.13 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $473.13 | ↓ -89% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $503.30 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $503.30 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $503.30 | ↓ -89% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $585.71 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $585.71 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $585.71 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $585.71 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $591.80 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $591.80 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $591.80 | ↓ -87% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $630.76 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $630.76 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $639.56 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $639.56 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $639.56 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $747.90 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $792.96 | ↓ -82% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $1,067.79 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $1,067.79 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $1,081.30 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $1,126.36 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,148.88 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $1,216.47 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $1,229.98 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $1,351.63 | ↓ -70% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,437.68 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,437.68 | ↓ -68% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $1,576.90 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,576.90 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $1,576.90 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,802.17 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,802.17 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $1,937.33 | ↓ -57% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $2,027.44 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $2,027.44 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $2,027.44 | ↓ -55% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $2,252.72 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $2,401.39 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $2,477.99 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $2,477.99 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $2,703.26 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $2,703.26 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $2,703.26 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,703.26 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $2,928.53 | ↓ -35% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $3,604.34 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $3,604.34 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $3,604.34 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $3,694.45 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $3,829.62 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $3,829.62 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $4,054.89 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $4,054.89 | ↓ -10% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $632.90 | $130.46 – $896.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $656.12 | $135.05 – $984.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $488.56 | $97.71 – $610.70 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $632.90 | $149.38 – $896.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $656.12 | $210.61 – $984.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $656.12 | $338.99 – $984.18 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $488.56 | $162.85 – $732.83 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $632.90 | $130.46 – $896.61 |