Ultrasound scrotum and contents 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

$4,988.74

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.

$4,988.74

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.

$98.24 with Texas Health Network vs $4,489.87 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 $98.24 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $100.24 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $100.24 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $100.24 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $100.24 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCD $100.24 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $101.58 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $101.58 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $101.58 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $101.58 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $103.61 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $109.71 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $110.26 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $110.26 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $110.26 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $110.26 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $125.30 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $212.95 ↓ -96%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $299.32 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $299.32 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $299.32 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $299.32 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $299.32 ↓ -94%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $381.07 ↓ -92%
BCBS EPOSOA $395.64 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $409.09 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $424.02 ↓ -92%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPPO $563.56 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBHMO $563.56 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBPOS $563.56 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPPO $599.50 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMHMO $599.50 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMPOS $599.50 ↓ -88%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -88%
Humana PPO $632.78 ↓ -87%
Humana HMO $632.78 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPPO $704.91 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONPOS $704.91 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONHMO $704.91 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAPPO $761.80 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAPOS $761.80 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAHMO $761.80 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $828.13 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $878.02 ↓ -82%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,197.30 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $1,247.18 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,361.93 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $1,746.06 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $1,746.06 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $1,746.06 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,995.50 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,995.50 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,145.16 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $2,244.93 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,244.93 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $2,244.93 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $2,494.37 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,659.00 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,743.81 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,743.81 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,993.24 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,993.24 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $2,993.24 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $2,993.24 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $3,242.68 ↓ -35%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $3,990.99 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $3,990.99 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,090.77 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $4,240.43 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $4,240.43 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $4,489.87 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $4,489.87 ↓ -10%

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