Venipuncture >= 3 years diagnostic/therapeutic (not to be used for routine venipuncture) at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
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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.
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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.
$15.56 with Aetna vs $2,115.00 with Fidelis SecureCare of TX — 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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| Aetna | MCR | $15.56 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $25.76 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $27.91 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $30.50 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $30.50 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $30.50 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $30.50 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $32.85 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $32.85 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $33.20 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $38.25 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $38.95 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $41.30 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $42.24 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $52.79 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $53.97 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $54.91 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $55.61 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $55.61 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $56.31 | — |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $58.66 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $59.83 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $62.18 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $63.35 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $64.06 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $70.39 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $74.87 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $74.87 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $75.32 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $75.32 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $75.32 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $80.25 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $80.25 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $80.25 | — |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $82.12 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $82.12 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $82.12 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $93.86 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $93.86 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $94.09 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $94.09 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $94.09 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $100.90 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $101.60 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $101.60 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $101.60 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $105.59 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $117.32 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $125.06 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $129.05 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $129.05 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $140.78 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $140.78 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $140.78 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $140.78 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $152.52 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $187.71 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $187.71 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $187.71 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $192.40 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $199.44 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $199.44 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $211.18 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $211.18 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $2,115.00 | — |
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Venipuncture >= 3 years diagnostic/therapeutic (not to be used for routine venipuncture) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,385.30 | $392.50 – $1,962.51 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,944.23 | $7.62 – $55.57 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,717.67 | $12.00 – $2,147.09 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,385.30 | $369.41 – $1,962.51 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,944.23 | $11.89 – $85.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,944.23 | $8.00 – $55.57 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,717.67 | $12.00 – $2,576.51 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,385.30 | $369.41 – $1,962.51 |