Vein x-ray liver w/hemodynam 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

$10,346.39

Cash price

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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.

$10,346.39

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.

$121.16 with Texas Health Network vs $10,115.17 with BCBS — 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 $121.16 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCD $123.63 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $123.63 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $123.63 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $123.63 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $123.63 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $123.96 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $123.96 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $123.96 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $123.96 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $126.44 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $133.88 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $135.99 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $135.99 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $135.99 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $135.99 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $154.54 ↓ -99%
Cigna CSN $264.09 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $285.80 ↓ -97%
Cigna PPO $339.74 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPExchange $429.97 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPPO $571.47 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBHMO $571.47 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPOS $571.47 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $607.91 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPOS $607.91 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMHMO $607.91 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $620.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $620.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $620.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $620.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $620.78 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPPO $714.79 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPOS $714.79 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONHMO $714.79 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPOS $772.49 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAHMO $772.49 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPPO $772.49 ↓ -93%
Humana PPO $1,558.48 ↓ -85%
Humana HMO $1,558.48 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,717.50 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,820.96 ↓ -82%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $2,483.13 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,638.33 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,824.56 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $3,621.24 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $3,621.24 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $3,621.24 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $4,138.56 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,138.56 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $4,448.95 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $4,655.88 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $4,655.88 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $4,655.88 ↓ -55%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,877.45 ↓ -53%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $5,173.19 ↓ -50%
BCBS BAV $5,265.43 ↓ -49%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5,437.15 ↓ -47%
Coventry National First Health COMM $5,514.63 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $5,690.51 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $5,690.51 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $6,207.83 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $6,207.83 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $6,207.83 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $6,207.83 ↓ -40%
United SmallGroup $6,438.74 ↓ -38%
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74 ↓ -38%
Coastal Comp COMM $6,725.15 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $8,277.11 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $8,484.04 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $8,794.43 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $8,794.43 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $9,311.75 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $9,311.75 ↓ -10%
BCBS HMO $9,422.35 ↓ -9%
BCBS EPOSOA $9,782.62 ↓ -5%
BCBS PPO $10,115.17 ↓ -2%

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