Xe133 xenon 10mci 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

$565.76

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.

$565.76

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.

$33.95 with Superior Health Plan vs $811.82 with Cigna — 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 $33.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $33.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $33.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $33.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $33.95 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $37.51 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $73.55 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $73.55 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $73.55 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $73.55 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $79.21 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $79.21 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $93.92 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $99.57 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $110.32 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $134.09 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $134.09 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $135.78 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $141.44 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $144.27 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $152.76 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $154.45 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $169.73 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBPOS $181.61 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $181.61 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $181.61 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMHMO $193.49 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $193.49 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $193.49 ↓ -66%
Imagine Health PPO $198.02 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $198.02 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $198.02 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $226.30 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $226.30 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $226.87 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $226.87 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $226.87 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $243.28 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $244.97 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $244.97 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $244.97 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $254.59 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $254.59 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $254.59 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $282.88 ↓ -50%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -47%
Coventry National First Health COMM $301.55 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $311.17 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $311.17 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $339.46 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $339.46 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $339.46 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $339.46 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $367.74 ↓ -35%
Humana PPO $405.18 ↓ -28%
Humana HMO $405.18 ↓ -28%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $409.39 ↓ -28%
BCBS BAV $451.16 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $452.61 ↓ -20%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $452.61 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $452.61 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $463.92 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $480.90 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $480.90 ↓ -15%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -12%
United AllPayerAppendix $505.38 ↓ -11%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $505.38 ↓ -11%
United SmallGroup $505.38 ↓ -11%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $509.18 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $509.18 ↓ -10%
BCBS PPO $563.95 ↓ -0%
BCBS HMO $563.95 ↓ -0%
BCBS EPOSOA $563.95 ↓ -0%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↑ +6%
Cigna CSN $629.68 ↑ +11%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $681.72 ↑ +20%
Cigna PPO $811.82 ↑ +43%

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HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $1,280.09 $405.18 – $629.68
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $1,328.96 $405.18 – $629.68
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Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $336.00 $100.00 – $960.00
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