Unlisted ultrasound procedure at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$3,882.47
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.
$3,882.47
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.
$21.21 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,105.98 with Cigna Behavioral Health — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $21.21 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $21.21 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $21.21 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $21.21 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $21.21 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $58.68 | ↓ -98% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $62.22 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $80.90 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $80.90 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $80.90 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $80.90 | ↓ -98% |
| United | MGMCD | $82.52 | ↓ -98% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $84.84 | ↓ -98% |
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $84.85 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $86.58 | ↓ -98% |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $86.58 | ↓ -98% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $86.58 | ↓ -98% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $86.58 | ↓ -98% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $86.58 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $87.37 | ↓ -98% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $90.15 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $93.68 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $95.24 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $95.24 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $95.24 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $95.24 | ↓ -98% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $96.51 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MCD | $108.22 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | PPO | $112.81 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | HMO | $112.81 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $113.48 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $113.48 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $113.48 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $120.90 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $120.90 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $120.90 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $123.73 | ↓ -97% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $123.73 | ↓ -97% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $123.73 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $140.47 | ↓ -96% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $141.40 | ↓ -96% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $141.40 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $141.76 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $141.76 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $141.76 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BAV | $151.64 | ↓ -96% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $152.01 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $153.07 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $153.07 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $153.07 | ↓ -96% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $153.71 | ↓ -96% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $159.08 | ↓ -96% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $159.08 | ↓ -96% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $159.08 | ↓ -96% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $176.75 | ↓ -95% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $182.03 | ↓ -95% |
| United | SmallGroup | $182.03 | ↓ -95% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $188.42 | ↓ -95% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $194.43 | ↓ -95% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $194.43 | ↓ -95% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $212.11 | ↓ -95% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $212.11 | ↓ -95% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $212.11 | ↓ -95% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $212.11 | ↓ -95% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $229.78 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | HMO | $271.35 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $281.73 | ↓ -93% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $282.81 | ↓ -93% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $289.88 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | PPO | $291.31 | ↓ -92% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -92% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $300.48 | ↓ -92% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $300.48 | ↓ -92% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $318.16 | ↓ -92% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $318.16 | ↓ -92% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -85% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $970.62 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $3,105.98 | ↓ -20% |
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Unlisted ultrasound procedure at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,231.09 | $81.00 – $225.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,861.95 | $53.35 – $388.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $3,075.41 | $83.05 – $340.20 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,231.09 | $83.05 – $225.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,861.95 | $83.05 – $388.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,861.95 | $86.58 – $388.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $3,075.41 | $83.05 – $408.24 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $2,231.09 | $83.05 – $225.11 |