Warde zinc 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

$1,003.03

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.

$1,003.03

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.

$9.38 with Texas Health Network vs $802.42 with Cigna Behavioral Health — 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 $9.38 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $9.57 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $9.57 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $9.57 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $9.57 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $9.57 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCD $9.57 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $9.57 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $9.57 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.57 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $9.76 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $10.34 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $10.53 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $10.53 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $10.53 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $10.53 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $11.16 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.39 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.39 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $11.39 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.39 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $11.39 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $11.39 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $11.39 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $11.39 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $11.39 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $11.39 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.39 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $11.39 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $11.39 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $11.39 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $11.39 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $11.39 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $11.39 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $11.39 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $11.39 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $11.45 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $11.49 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $11.50 ↓ -99%
United MCR $11.62 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $11.73 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $11.73 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $11.73 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $11.73 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $11.73 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $11.73 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $11.96 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $11.96 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $11.96 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $11.96 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $11.96 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $11.96 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $11.96 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $11.96 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $11.96 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $11.96 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $12.07 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $12.07 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $12.07 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $12.07 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $12.07 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $12.33 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $12.33 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $12.42 ↓ -99%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $13.10 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $13.67 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $14.81 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $16.52 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $16.52 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $17.65 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $17.65 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCR $18.57 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $22.55 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $23.01 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $23.92 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $24.49 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $25.40 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $31.78 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $32.92 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $34.06 ↓ -97%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $34.17 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $36.33 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $41.74 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $43.02 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $43.02 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STAR $43.02 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $43.02 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $43.02 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $47.41 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $51.36 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBHMO $55.51 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPOS $55.51 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPPO $55.51 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $58.97 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPOS $58.97 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMHMO $58.97 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $61.10 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONHMO $69.28 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPOS $69.28 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPPO $69.28 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPOS $74.91 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAHMO $74.91 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPPO $74.91 ↓ -93%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $119.02 ↓ -88%
United OptionsPPO $126.19 ↓ -87%
Humana PPO $152.13 ↓ -85%
Humana HMO $152.13 ↓ -85%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $172.08 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $195.74 ↓ -80%
IPA Management Services COMM $250.76 ↓ -75%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $250.95 ↓ -75%
BCBS Traditional $250.95 ↓ -75%
Imagine Health PPO $250.95 ↓ -75%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $308.31 ↓ -69%
United GlobalAppendix $322.65 ↓ -68%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $322.65 ↓ -68%
Averde Health Commercial $322.65 ↓ -68%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $358.50 ↓ -64%
Coventry National First Health COMM $382.16 ↓ -62%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $394.35 ↓ -61%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $394.35 ↓ -61%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $430.20 ↓ -57%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $430.20 ↓ -57%
Beech Street WCOMP $430.20 ↓ -57%
Independent Medical System COMM $430.20 ↓ -57%
Coastal Comp COMM $466.05 ↓ -54%
Beech Street COMMPPO $573.60 ↓ -43%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $587.94 ↓ -41%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $609.45 ↓ -39%
Physicians, INC COMM $609.45 ↓ -39%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $645.30 ↓ -36%
Affiliated PPO COMM $645.30 ↓ -36%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $802.42 ↓ -20%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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