Unlisted chemotherapy px 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

$852.38

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.

$852.38

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.

$51.14 with Superior Health Plan vs $767.14 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
Superior Health Plan STAR $51.14 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $51.14 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $51.14 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $51.14 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $51.14 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $89.18 ↓ -90%
BCBS BAV $98.32 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $110.81 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $110.81 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $110.81 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $110.81 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $119.33 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $119.33 ↓ -86%
BCBS EPOSOA $123.10 ↓ -86%
BCBS PPO $123.10 ↓ -86%
BCBS HMO $123.10 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $141.50 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $150.02 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $166.21 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $202.01 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $202.01 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $204.57 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $217.36 ↓ -74%
Aetna QHPExchange $225.88 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $232.70 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $271.99 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $271.99 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $273.61 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $273.61 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $273.61 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPPO $291.51 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $291.51 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $291.51 ↓ -66%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $298.33 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $298.33 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $298.33 ↓ -65%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $340.95 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $340.95 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $341.80 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $341.80 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $341.80 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $366.52 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $369.08 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $369.08 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $369.08 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $383.57 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $383.57 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $383.57 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $426.19 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $454.32 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $468.81 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $468.81 ↓ -45%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -41%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $511.43 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $511.43 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $511.43 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $511.43 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $554.05 ↓ -35%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -30%
Beech Street COMMPPO $681.90 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $698.95 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $724.52 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $724.52 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $767.14 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $767.14 ↓ -10%

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