Ultrasound hips infant dynamic 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

$3,452.32

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.

$3,452.32

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.

$80.90 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $3,107.09 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.

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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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $80.90 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $80.90 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $80.90 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $80.90 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $82.52 ↓ -98%
Texas Health Network MCD $84.85 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $86.58 ↓ -97%
UTMB MGMCD $86.58 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $86.58 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $86.58 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $86.58 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $87.37 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $95.24 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $95.24 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $95.24 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $95.24 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $108.22 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $151.64 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $182.03 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $207.14 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $207.14 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $207.14 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $207.14 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $207.14 ↓ -94%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $271.35 ↓ -92%
BCBS EPOSOA $281.73 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $291.31 ↓ -92%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna QHPExchange $475.49 ↓ -86%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $573.09 ↓ -83%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $607.61 ↓ -82%
Aetna NBPPO $631.98 ↓ -82%
Aetna NBPOS $631.98 ↓ -82%
Aetna NBHMO $631.98 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMHMO $672.27 ↓ -81%
Aetna COMMPOS $672.27 ↓ -81%
Aetna COMMPPO $672.27 ↓ -81%
Aetna OONPOS $790.47 ↓ -77%
Aetna OONHMO $790.47 ↓ -77%
Aetna OONPPO $790.47 ↓ -77%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $828.56 ↓ -76%
Aetna ASAPOS $854.28 ↓ -75%
Aetna ASAPPO $854.28 ↓ -75%
Aetna ASAHMO $854.28 ↓ -75%
IPA Management Services COMM $863.08 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $942.48 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $1,101.64 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $1,101.64 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $1,208.31 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $1,208.31 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $1,208.31 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,380.93 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,380.93 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,484.50 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $1,553.54 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,553.54 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,553.54 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,726.16 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,840.09 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,898.78 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,898.78 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $2,071.39 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,071.39 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,071.39 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $2,071.39 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $2,244.01 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $2,761.86 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,761.86 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,830.90 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,934.47 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,934.47 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,107.09 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $3,107.09 ↓ -10%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $403.88 $83.05 – $504.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $474.87 $97.74 – $712.30
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $474.87 $83.05 – $712.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $474.87 $86.58 – $712.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $462.36 $83.05 – $693.54
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