Warde cadmium blood 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

$291.11

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.

$291.11

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.

$17.47 with Superior Health Plan vs $309.24 with Humana — 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
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $17.47 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $17.47 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $17.47 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $17.47 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $17.47 ↓ -94%
Texas Health Network MCD $19.46 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $19.86 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $19.86 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup MGMCD $19.86 ↓ -93%
UTMB MGMCD $19.86 ↓ -93%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $19.86 ↓ -93%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $19.86 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $19.86 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $19.86 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $19.86 ↓ -93%
United MGMCD $20.26 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $21.45 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $21.85 ↓ -92%
Molina Healthcare STAR $21.85 ↓ -92%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $21.85 ↓ -92%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $21.85 ↓ -92%
Oscar MGMCR $23.17 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $23.64 ↓ -92%
Devoted Health MGMCR $23.64 ↓ -92%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $23.64 ↓ -92%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $23.64 ↓ -92%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $23.64 ↓ -92%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $23.64 ↓ -92%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $23.64 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $23.64 ↓ -92%
United SmallGroup $23.64 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup DualEligible $23.64 ↓ -92%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $23.64 ↓ -92%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $23.64 ↓ -92%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $23.64 ↓ -92%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $23.64 ↓ -92%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $23.64 ↓ -92%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $23.64 ↓ -92%
BCBS MCRPPO $23.64 ↓ -92%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $23.64 ↓ -92%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $23.64 ↓ -92%
WellMed MGMCR $23.76 ↓ -92%
Aetna MCR $23.84 ↓ -92%
Van Lang IPA MCR $23.88 ↓ -92%
United MCR $24.11 ↓ -92%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $24.35 ↓ -92%
WellCare POS $24.35 ↓ -92%
WellCare SNP $24.35 ↓ -92%
WellCare PPO $24.35 ↓ -92%
WellCare MCRHMO $24.35 ↓ -92%
WellCare PFFS $24.35 ↓ -92%
American Health Plan MGMCR $24.82 ↓ -91%
Humana MCD $24.82 ↓ -91%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $24.82 ↓ -91%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $24.82 ↓ -91%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $24.82 ↓ -91%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $24.82 ↓ -91%
Shared Health MGMCR $24.82 ↓ -91%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $24.82 ↓ -91%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $24.82 ↓ -91%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $24.82 ↓ -91%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $25.06 ↓ -91%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $25.06 ↓ -91%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $25.06 ↓ -91%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $25.06 ↓ -91%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $25.06 ↓ -91%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $25.59 ↓ -91%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $25.59 ↓ -91%
Molina MGMCR $25.77 ↓ -91%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $27.19 ↓ -91%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $28.37 ↓ -90%
Verda Health Plan MCR $30.73 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice HIX $34.28 ↓ -88%
Superior ValueHMO $34.28 ↓ -88%
Superior EPO $36.64 ↓ -87%
Superior HMO $36.64 ↓ -87%
UTMB MGMCR $38.53 ↓ -87%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $46.81 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $47.75 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $48.32 ↓ -83%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $49.64 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare HIX $50.83 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $51.24 ↓ -82%
BCBS BAV $52.72 ↓ -82%
BCBS HMO $65.96 ↓ -77%
Oscar HIX $68.32 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $69.45 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $69.87 ↓ -76%
BCBS EPOSOA $70.68 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $72.78 ↓ -75%
BCBS PPO $75.41 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $79.47 ↓ -73%
Aetna QHPExchange $86.62 ↓ -70%
Cigna CSN $97.55 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $101.89 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $101.89 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $101.89 ↓ -65%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $105.67 ↓ -64%
Aetna NBPPO $115.19 ↓ -60%
Aetna NBHMO $115.19 ↓ -60%
Aetna NBPOS $115.19 ↓ -60%
Aetna COMMPPO $122.38 ↓ -58%
Aetna COMMHMO $122.38 ↓ -58%
Aetna COMMPOS $122.38 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $125.18 ↓ -57%
Cigna PPO $125.72 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $131.00 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $131.00 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $131.00 ↓ -55%
Aetna OONPOS $143.76 ↓ -51%
Aetna OONHMO $143.76 ↓ -51%
Aetna OONPPO $143.76 ↓ -51%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $145.56 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $155.16 ↓ -47%
Aetna ASAHMO $155.44 ↓ -47%
Aetna ASAPPO $155.44 ↓ -47%
Aetna ASAPOS $155.44 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $160.11 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $160.11 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $174.67 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $174.67 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $174.67 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $174.67 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $189.22 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $232.89 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $232.89 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $238.71 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $247.44 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $247.44 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $262.00 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $262.00 ↓ -10%
Humana HMO $309.24 ↑ +6%
Humana PPO $309.24 ↑ +6%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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