Xm archive tissue molec anal 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

$347.05

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.

$347.05

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.

$20.82 with Superior Health Plan vs $312.35 with Multiplan — 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 STAR $20.82 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $20.82 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $20.82 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $20.82 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $20.82 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $24.67 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $24.67 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $24.67 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $45.12 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $45.12 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $45.12 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $45.12 ↓ -87%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $46.44 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $48.59 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $48.59 ↓ -86%
BCBS BAV $51.27 ↓ -85%
Cigna CSN $54.38 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $57.61 ↓ -83%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $58.91 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $61.08 ↓ -82%
BCBS HMO $64.14 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $67.67 ↓ -81%
BCBS EPOSOA $68.74 ↓ -80%
Cigna PPO $70.08 ↓ -80%
Aetna QHPExchange $72.88 ↓ -79%
BCBS PPO $73.34 ↓ -79%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $82.25 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $82.25 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $83.29 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $88.50 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $94.74 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $96.92 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBHMO $96.92 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBPOS $96.92 ↓ -72%
Aetna COMMPPO $102.97 ↓ -70%
Aetna COMMPOS $102.97 ↓ -70%
Aetna COMMHMO $102.97 ↓ -70%
Aetna OONPOS $120.96 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPPO $120.96 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONHMO $120.96 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $121.47 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $121.47 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $121.47 ↓ -65%
Aetna ASAHMO $130.79 ↓ -62%
Aetna ASAPPO $130.79 ↓ -62%
Aetna ASAPOS $130.79 ↓ -62%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $138.82 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $149.23 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $156.17 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $156.17 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $156.17 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $173.53 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $184.98 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $190.88 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $190.88 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $208.23 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $208.23 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $208.23 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $208.23 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $225.58 ↓ -35%
Humana PPO $256.33 ↓ -26%
Humana HMO $256.33 ↓ -26%
Beech Street COMMPPO $277.64 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $284.58 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $294.99 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $294.99 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $312.35 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $312.35 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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