Urography, antegrade 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

$12,805.14

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.

$12,805.14

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.

$133.27 with Texas Health Network vs $10,244.11 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 $133.27 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $135.99 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCD $135.99 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $135.99 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $135.99 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $135.99 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $137.66 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $137.66 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $137.66 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $137.66 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $140.41 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $148.67 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $149.59 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $149.59 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $149.59 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $149.59 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $169.99 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $207.68 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $207.68 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $207.68 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $207.68 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STAR $207.68 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $413.61 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $447.62 ↓ -97%
Cigna PPO $532.09 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $574.59 ↓ -96%
United OptionsPPO $609.21 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $672.06 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPExchange $688.88 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $699.43 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $725.51 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $828.27 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27 ↓ -94%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $830.74 ↓ -94%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $882.66 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBHMO $915.59 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPPO $915.59 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPOS $915.59 ↓ -93%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $944.96 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMPPO $973.97 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPOS $973.97 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMHMO $973.97 ↓ -92%
Humana HMO $1,053.22 ↓ -92%
Humana PPO $1,053.22 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPOS $1,145.22 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONHMO $1,145.22 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPPO $1,145.22 ↓ -91%
BCBS Traditional $1,211.49 ↓ -91%
Imagine Health PPO $1,211.49 ↓ -91%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $1,211.49 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,237.66 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,237.66 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,237.66 ↓ -90%
BCBS HMO $1,298.29 ↓ -90%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,347.93 ↓ -89%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,384.56 ↓ -89%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,384.56 ↓ -89%
BCBS PPO $1,393.75 ↓ -89%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,488.40 ↓ -88%
Averde Health Commercial $1,557.63 ↓ -88%
United GlobalAppendix $1,557.63 ↓ -88%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,557.63 ↓ -88%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,730.70 ↓ -86%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,844.93 ↓ -86%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,903.77 ↓ -85%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,903.77 ↓ -85%
Beech Street WCOMP $2,076.84 ↓ -84%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,076.84 ↓ -84%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,076.84 ↓ -84%
Independent Medical System COMM $2,076.84 ↓ -84%
Coastal Comp COMM $2,249.91 ↓ -82%
Beech Street COMMPPO $2,769.12 ↓ -78%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,838.35 ↓ -78%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,942.19 ↓ -77%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,942.19 ↓ -77%
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,115.26 ↓ -76%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $3,115.26 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $3,201.28 ↓ -75%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $10,244.11 ↓ -20%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $593.37 $135.99 – $952.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $701.49 $144.39 – $1,052.23
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $701.49 $135.99 – $1,052.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $673.30 $135.99 – $1,009.94
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