Ultrasound prostate/transrectal 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

$6,855.19

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.

$6,855.19

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.

$102.66 with Texas Health Network vs $6,169.67 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 $102.66 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $104.75 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $104.75 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $104.75 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCD $104.75 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $106.88 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $106.88 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $106.88 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $106.88 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $109.02 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $115.23 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $115.23 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $115.23 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $115.23 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $115.43 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $130.94 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $169.35 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $182.82 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -97%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -96%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $327.15 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $339.66 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $351.20 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $411.31 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $411.31 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $411.31 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $411.31 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $411.31 ↓ -94%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -93%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna QHPExchange $639.11 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPPO $849.44 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBHMO $849.44 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPOS $849.44 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMPPO $903.60 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMHMO $903.60 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPOS $903.60 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPOS $1,062.48 ↓ -85%
Aetna OONPPO $1,062.48 ↓ -85%
Aetna OONHMO $1,062.48 ↓ -85%
Humana HMO $1,111.36 ↓ -84%
Humana PPO $1,111.36 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,137.96 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,148.23 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,148.23 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,148.23 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,384.75 ↓ -80%
IPA Management Services COMM $1,713.80 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,871.47 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $2,399.32 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $2,399.32 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,742.08 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,742.08 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,947.73 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $3,084.84 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $3,084.84 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $3,084.84 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $3,427.59 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,653.82 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $3,770.35 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $3,770.35 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $4,113.11 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,113.11 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $4,113.11 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $4,113.11 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $4,455.87 ↓ -35%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $5,484.15 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $5,484.15 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,621.26 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $5,826.91 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $5,826.91 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $6,169.67 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $6,169.67 ↓ -10%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $545.16 $99.77 – $681.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $441.88 $90.95 – $662.81
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $441.88 $104.75 – $662.81
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $545.16 $99.77 – $681.45

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