Warde calcitonin 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

$1,650.10

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.

$1,650.10

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.

$22.05 with Texas Health Network vs $1,485.09 with Affiliated PPO — 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 $22.05 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $22.50 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $22.50 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $22.50 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $22.50 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $22.50 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCD $22.50 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $22.50 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $22.50 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $22.50 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $22.95 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $24.30 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $24.75 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $24.75 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $24.75 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $24.75 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $26.25 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $26.79 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $26.79 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $26.79 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $26.79 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $26.79 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $26.79 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $26.79 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $26.79 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $26.79 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $26.79 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $26.79 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $26.79 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $26.79 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $26.79 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $26.79 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $26.79 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $26.79 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $26.79 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $26.79 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $26.92 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $27.02 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $27.06 ↓ -98%
United MCR $27.33 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $27.59 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $27.59 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $27.59 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $27.59 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $27.59 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $27.59 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $28.13 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $28.13 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $28.13 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $28.13 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $28.13 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $28.13 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $28.13 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $28.13 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $28.13 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $28.13 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $28.40 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $28.40 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $28.40 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $28.40 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $28.40 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $28.99 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $28.99 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $29.20 ↓ -98%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $30.81 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $32.15 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $34.83 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $38.85 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $38.85 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $41.52 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $41.52 ↓ -97%
UTMB MGMCR $43.67 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $53.04 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $54.12 ↓ -97%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $56.26 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare HIX $57.60 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $59.74 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $74.74 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $77.42 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $80.10 ↓ -95%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $80.39 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $85.46 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPExchange $98.14 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $99.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $99.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $99.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $99.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $99.01 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $110.11 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $119.27 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBHMO $130.51 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPOS $130.51 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPPO $130.51 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPPO $138.65 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPOS $138.65 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMHMO $138.65 ↓ -92%
Cigna PPO $141.90 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONHMO $162.88 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPOS $162.88 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPPO $162.88 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPOS $176.11 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAHMO $176.11 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPPO $176.11 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $273.92 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $290.42 ↓ -82%
Humana PPO $357.93 ↓ -78%
Humana HMO $357.93 ↓ -78%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $396.02 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $412.52 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $450.48 ↓ -73%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $577.53 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $577.53 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $577.53 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $709.54 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $742.54 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $742.54 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $742.54 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $825.05 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $879.50 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $907.55 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $907.55 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $990.06 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $990.06 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $990.06 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $990.06 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,072.57 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,320.08 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,320.08 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,353.08 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,402.59 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,402.59 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,485.09 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,485.09 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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