Urinalysis (with microscopy) 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

$734.79

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.

$734.79

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.

$2.61 with Texas Health Network vs $587.83 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.

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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 $2.61 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2.66 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $2.66 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $2.66 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2.66 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $2.66 ↓ -100%
UTMB MGMCD $2.66 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $2.66 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $2.66 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $2.66 ↓ -100%
United MGMCD $2.71 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $2.87 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $2.93 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STAR $2.93 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $2.93 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $2.93 ↓ -100%
Oscar MGMCR $3.11 ↓ -100%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.17 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.17 ↓ -100%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $3.17 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.17 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health MGMCR $3.17 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $3.17 ↓ -100%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $3.17 ↓ -100%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $3.17 ↓ -100%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $3.17 ↓ -100%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $3.17 ↓ -100%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.17 ↓ -100%
BCBS MCRPPO $3.17 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $3.17 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $3.17 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $3.17 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $3.17 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $3.17 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup DualEligible $3.17 ↓ -100%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $3.17 ↓ -100%
WellMed MGMCR $3.19 ↓ -100%
Van Lang IPA MCR $3.20 ↓ -100%
Aetna MCR $3.20 ↓ -100%
United MCR $3.23 ↓ -100%
WellCare PPO $3.27 ↓ -100%
WellCare MCRHMO $3.27 ↓ -100%
WellCare PFFS $3.27 ↓ -100%
WellCare POS $3.27 ↓ -100%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $3.27 ↓ -100%
WellCare SNP $3.27 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $3.33 ↓ -100%
Humana MCD $3.33 ↓ -100%
American Health Plan MGMCR $3.33 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $3.33 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $3.33 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $3.33 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $3.33 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $3.33 ↓ -100%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $3.33 ↓ -100%
Shared Health MGMCR $3.33 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $3.36 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $3.36 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $3.36 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $3.36 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $3.36 ↓ -100%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $3.43 ↓ -100%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3.43 ↓ -100%
Molina MGMCR $3.46 ↓ -100%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $3.65 ↓ -100%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $3.80 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $4.12 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $4.60 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $4.60 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $4.91 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $4.91 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCR $5.17 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $6.28 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6.40 ↓ -99%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $6.66 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare HIX $6.82 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $7.07 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $8.84 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $9.16 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $9.48 ↓ -99%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $9.52 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $10.11 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPExchange $11.62 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $12.56 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $13.60 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBHMO $15.45 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPOS $15.45 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPPO $15.45 ↓ -98%
Cigna PPO $16.18 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPOS $16.41 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMHMO $16.41 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPPO $16.41 ↓ -98%
Aetna OONHMO $19.28 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPOS $19.28 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPPO $19.28 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPOS $20.85 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAHMO $20.85 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPPO $20.85 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $35.62 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $35.62 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $35.62 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $35.62 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $35.62 ↓ -95%
Humana PPO $42.41 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $42.41 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $98.55 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $104.49 ↓ -86%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $142.48 ↓ -81%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $162.07 ↓ -78%
IPA Management Services COMM $183.70 ↓ -75%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $207.79 ↓ -72%
BCBS Traditional $207.79 ↓ -72%
Imagine Health PPO $207.79 ↓ -72%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $255.28 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $267.16 ↓ -64%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $267.16 ↓ -64%
Averde Health Commercial $267.16 ↓ -64%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $296.84 ↓ -60%
Coventry National First Health COMM $316.43 ↓ -57%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $326.52 ↓ -56%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $326.52 ↓ -56%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $356.21 ↓ -52%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $356.21 ↓ -52%
Beech Street WCOMP $356.21 ↓ -52%
Independent Medical System COMM $356.21 ↓ -52%
Coastal Comp COMM $385.89 ↓ -47%
Beech Street COMMPPO $474.94 ↓ -35%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $486.82 ↓ -34%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $504.63 ↓ -31%
Physicians, INC COMM $504.63 ↓ -31%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $534.31 ↓ -27%
Affiliated PPO COMM $534.31 ↓ -27%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $587.83 ↓ -20%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $77.87 $2.66 – $97.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $77.87 $4.64 – $116.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $77.87 $2.66 – $97.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $77.87 $2.66 – $97.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $77.87 $2.85 – $116.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $77.87 $2.66 – $116.80
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