Valproic acid total therapeutic drug level 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

$1,127.61

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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$1,127.61

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.

$11.14 with Texas Health Network vs $902.09 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 $11.14 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $11.37 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $11.37 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $11.37 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $11.37 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $11.37 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.37 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCD $11.37 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $11.37 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $11.37 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $11.60 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $12.28 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $12.51 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $12.51 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $12.51 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $12.51 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $13.27 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.54 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $13.54 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.54 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.54 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $13.54 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $13.54 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $13.54 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $13.54 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $13.54 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.54 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.54 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $13.54 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $13.54 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $13.54 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $13.54 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $13.54 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $13.54 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $13.54 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $13.54 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $13.61 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $13.66 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $13.68 ↓ -99%
United MCR $13.81 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $13.95 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $13.95 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $13.95 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $13.95 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $13.95 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $13.95 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $14.21 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $14.22 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $14.22 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $14.22 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $14.22 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $14.22 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $14.22 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $14.22 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $14.22 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $14.22 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $14.35 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $14.35 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $14.35 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $14.35 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $14.35 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $14.65 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $14.65 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $14.76 ↓ -99%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $15.57 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $16.25 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $17.60 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $19.63 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $19.63 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $20.99 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $20.99 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCR $22.07 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $26.81 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $27.35 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $28.43 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare HIX $29.11 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $30.19 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $37.78 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $39.13 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $40.48 ↓ -96%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $40.62 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $43.19 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $46.76 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $46.76 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $46.76 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $46.76 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STAR $46.76 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $49.60 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $55.77 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $60.41 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPPO $65.96 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBHMO $65.96 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPOS $65.96 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $70.07 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMHMO $70.07 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPOS $70.07 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $71.87 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONHMO $82.32 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPOS $82.32 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPPO $82.32 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPOS $89.01 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAHMO $89.01 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPPO $89.01 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $129.36 ↓ -89%
United OptionsPPO $137.16 ↓ -88%
Humana PPO $180.91 ↓ -84%
Humana HMO $180.91 ↓ -84%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $187.03 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $212.75 ↓ -81%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $272.75 ↓ -76%
Imagine Health PPO $272.75 ↓ -76%
BCBS Traditional $272.75 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $281.90 ↓ -75%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $335.09 ↓ -70%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $350.68 ↓ -69%
United GlobalAppendix $350.68 ↓ -69%
Averde Health Commercial $350.68 ↓ -69%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $389.64 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $415.36 ↓ -63%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $428.61 ↓ -62%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $428.61 ↓ -62%
Independent Medical System COMM $467.57 ↓ -59%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $467.57 ↓ -59%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $467.57 ↓ -59%
Beech Street WCOMP $467.57 ↓ -59%
Coastal Comp COMM $506.54 ↓ -55%
Beech Street COMMPPO $623.43 ↓ -45%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $639.02 ↓ -43%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $662.40 ↓ -41%
Physicians, INC COMM $662.40 ↓ -41%
Affiliated PPO COMM $701.36 ↓ -38%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $701.36 ↓ -38%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $902.09 ↓ -20%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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