Vaccine polio (ipv) subcutaneous/im at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$1,632.96
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.
$1,632.96
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.
$45.20 with Christus (USFHP) vs $1,469.66 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.
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 |
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| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $45.20 | ↓ -97% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $45.20 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $62.15 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BAV | $68.49 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | HMO | $85.62 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | PPO | $85.62 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $85.62 | ↓ -95% |
| United | SmallGroup | $94.41 | ↓ -94% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $94.41 | ↓ -94% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $94.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $97.98 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $97.98 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $97.98 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $97.98 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $97.98 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | MCR | $108.27 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | CSN | $121.24 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $131.26 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | PPO | $156.31 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $212.28 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $212.28 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $212.28 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $212.28 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $228.61 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $228.61 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $271.07 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $287.40 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | PPO | $353.56 | ↓ -78% |
| Humana | HMO | $353.56 | ↓ -78% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $387.01 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $387.01 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $391.91 | ↓ -76% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $440.90 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $489.89 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $571.54 | ↓ -65% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $702.17 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $734.83 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $870.37 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $898.13 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $898.13 | ↓ -45% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $979.78 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $979.78 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $979.78 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $979.78 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,061.42 | ↓ -35% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $1,306.37 | ↓ -20% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $1,306.37 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,339.03 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $1,388.02 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $1,388.02 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $1,469.66 | ↓ -10% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,469.66 | ↓ -10% |
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Vaccine polio (ipv) subcutaneous/im at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $327.41 | $118.60 – $193.88 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $467.58 | $49.05 – $353.56 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $588.25 | $49.05 – $353.56 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $516.18 | $45.20 – $353.56 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $5.25 | $2.28 – $17.84 |
| St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital | College Station | $5.25 | $5.10 – $17.84 |
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | $246.30 | $45.20 – $353.56 |
| St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital | Navasota | $5.25 | $5.10 – $19.81 |