Warde cobalt heavy metal quantitative each nes 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

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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.

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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.

$9.46 with Superior Health Plan vs $293.44 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 $9.46
Superior Health Plan STARKids $9.46
Superior Health Plan STAR $9.46
Superior Health Plan CHIP $9.46
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $9.46
Texas Health Network MCD $18.08
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $18.45
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $18.45
Amerigroup MGMCD $18.45
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $18.45
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $18.45
UTMB MGMCD $18.45
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $18.45
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $18.45
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $18.45
United MGMCD $18.82
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $19.93
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $20.30
Molina Healthcare STAR $20.30
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $20.30
Molina Healthcare CHIP $20.30
Oscar MGMCR $21.52
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $21.96
Devoted Health MGMCR $21.96
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $21.96
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $21.96
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $21.96
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $21.96
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $21.96
United AllPayerAppendix $21.96
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $21.96
United SmallGroup $21.96
Amerigroup DualEligible $21.96
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $21.96
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $21.96
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $21.96
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $21.96
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $21.96
BCBS MCRPPO $21.96
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $21.96
CHC Harris Health Indigent $21.96
WellMed MGMCR $22.07
Aetna MCR $22.15
Van Lang IPA MCR $22.18
United MCR $22.40
WellCare POS $22.62
WellCare PPO $22.62
WellCare SNP $22.62
WellCare MCRHMO $22.62
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $22.62
WellCare PFFS $22.62
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $23.06
Superior Health Plan PFFS $23.06
American Health Plan MGMCR $23.06
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $23.06
Humana MCD $23.06
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $23.06
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $23.06
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $23.06
Shared Health MGMCR $23.06
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $23.06
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $23.28
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $23.28
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $23.28
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $23.28
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $23.28
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $23.77
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $23.77
Molina MGMCR $23.94
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $25.25
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $26.17
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $26.35
Verda Health Plan MCR $28.55
United OptionsPPO $31.84
Community Health Choice HIX $31.84
Superior ValueHMO $31.84
Superior HMO $34.04
Superior EPO $34.04
UTMB MGMCR $35.79
IPA Management Services COMM $39.41
Evry Health BroadNetwork $43.03
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $43.48
BCBS MyBlueHealth $44.36
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $46.12
Molina Healthcare HIX $47.21
BCBS BAV $48.97
Imagine Health PPO $55.17
BCBS Traditional $55.17
BCBS HMO $61.27
Oscar HIX $63.46
BCBS EPOSOA $65.66
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $65.90
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $67.78
BCBS PPO $70.05
United GlobalAppendix $70.93
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $70.93
Averde Health Commercial $70.93
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $78.81
Aetna QHPExchange $80.45
Coventry National First Health COMM $84.02
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $84.51
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $86.70
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $86.70
Cigna CSN $90.63
Beech Street WCOMP $94.58
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $94.58
Independent Medical System COMM $94.58
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $94.58
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $98.16
Coastal Comp COMM $102.46
Aetna NBHMO $106.98
Aetna NBPPO $106.98
Aetna NBPOS $106.98
Aetna COMMPOS $113.66
Aetna COMMPPO $113.66
Aetna COMMHMO $113.66
Cigna PPO $116.79
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $123.25
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $126.10
Beech Street COMMPPO $126.10
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $129.26
Aetna OONPPO $133.52
Aetna OONPOS $133.52
Aetna OONHMO $133.52
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $133.99
Physicians, INC COMM $133.99
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $141.87
Affiliated PPO COMM $141.87
Aetna ASAHMO $144.37
Aetna ASAPPO $144.37
Aetna ASAPOS $144.37
Humana HMO $293.44
Humana PPO $293.44
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