Warde 3008005 oligoclonal bands 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

$1,170.84

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.

$1,170.84

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.

$22.55 with Texas Health Network vs $975.95 with Multiplan — 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 $22.55 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCD $23.01 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $23.01 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $23.01 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $23.01 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $23.01 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $23.01 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $23.01 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $23.01 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $23.01 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $23.47 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $24.85 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $25.31 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $25.31 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $25.31 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $25.31 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $26.84 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $27.39 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $27.39 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $27.39 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $27.39 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $27.39 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $27.39 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $27.39 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $27.39 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $27.39 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $27.39 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $27.39 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $27.39 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $27.39 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $27.39 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $27.39 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $27.39 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $27.39 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $27.39 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $27.39 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $27.53 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $27.62 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $27.66 ↓ -98%
United MCR $27.94 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $28.21 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $28.21 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $28.21 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $28.21 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $28.21 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $28.21 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $28.76 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $28.76 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $28.76 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $28.76 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $28.76 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $28.76 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $28.76 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $28.76 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $28.76 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $28.76 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $29.03 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $29.03 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $29.03 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $29.03 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $29.03 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $29.64 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $29.64 ↓ -97%
Molina MGMCR $29.86 ↓ -97%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $31.50 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $32.87 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MCR $35.61 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $39.72 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice HIX $39.72 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $42.45 ↓ -96%
Superior HMO $42.45 ↓ -96%
UTMB MGMCR $44.65 ↓ -96%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $54.23 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $55.33 ↓ -95%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $57.52 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare HIX $58.89 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $61.08 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $65.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $65.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $65.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $65.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $65.06 ↓ -94%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $66.56 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $76.42 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $79.16 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $81.90 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $87.37 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPExchange $100.35 ↓ -91%
Cigna CSN $112.93 ↓ -90%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $122.32 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPOS $133.46 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBHMO $133.46 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBPPO $133.46 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPOS $141.78 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMHMO $141.78 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMPPO $141.78 ↓ -88%
Cigna PPO $145.53 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONHMO $166.56 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONPOS $166.56 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONPPO $166.56 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $180.01 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAPOS $180.09 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAPPO $180.09 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAHMO $180.09 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $190.85 ↓ -84%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $260.25 ↓ -78%
IPA Management Services COMM $292.71 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $296.04 ↓ -75%
Humana HMO $296.36 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $296.36 ↓ -75%
BCBS Traditional $379.54 ↓ -68%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $379.54 ↓ -68%
Imagine Health PPO $379.54 ↓ -68%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $466.29 ↓ -60%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $487.98 ↓ -58%
United GlobalAppendix $487.98 ↓ -58%
Averde Health Commercial $487.98 ↓ -58%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $542.20 ↓ -54%
Coventry National First Health COMM $577.98 ↓ -51%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $596.41 ↓ -49%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $596.41 ↓ -49%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $650.63 ↓ -44%
Beech Street WCOMP $650.63 ↓ -44%
Independent Medical System COMM $650.63 ↓ -44%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $650.63 ↓ -44%
Coastal Comp COMM $704.85 ↓ -40%
Beech Street COMMPPO $867.51 ↓ -26%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $889.20 ↓ -24%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $921.73 ↓ -21%
Physicians, INC COMM $921.73 ↓ -21%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $936.67 ↓ -20%
Affiliated PPO COMM $975.95 ↓ -17%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $975.95 ↓ -17%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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