Zika virus dna/rna amp probe 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

$1,512.81

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.

$1,512.81

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.

$42.24 with Texas Health Network vs $1,361.53 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 $42.24 ↓ -97%
UTMB MGMCD $43.10 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $43.10 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $43.10 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $43.10 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $43.10 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $43.10 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $43.10 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $43.10 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $43.10 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $43.96 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $46.55 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $47.41 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $47.41 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $47.41 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $47.41 ↓ -97%
Oscar MGMCR $50.28 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $51.31 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $51.31 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $51.31 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $51.31 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $51.31 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $51.31 ↓ -97%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $51.31 ↓ -97%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $51.31 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $51.31 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $51.31 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $51.31 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $51.31 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $51.31 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $51.31 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $51.31 ↓ -97%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $51.31 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup DualEligible $51.31 ↓ -97%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $51.31 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $51.31 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $51.57 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $51.75 ↓ -97%
Van Lang IPA MCR $51.82 ↓ -97%
United MCR $52.34 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCRHMO $52.85 ↓ -97%
WellCare POS $52.85 ↓ -97%
WellCare PFFS $52.85 ↓ -97%
WellCare SNP $52.85 ↓ -97%
WellCare PPO $52.85 ↓ -97%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $52.85 ↓ -97%
Shared Health MGMCR $53.88 ↓ -96%
Humana MCD $53.88 ↓ -96%
American Health Plan MGMCR $53.88 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $53.88 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $53.88 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $53.88 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $53.88 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $53.88 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $53.88 ↓ -96%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $53.88 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $54.39 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $54.39 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $54.39 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $54.39 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $54.39 ↓ -96%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $55.53 ↓ -96%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $55.53 ↓ -96%
Molina MGMCR $55.93 ↓ -96%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $59.01 ↓ -96%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $61.57 ↓ -96%
Verda Health Plan MCR $66.70 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice HIX $74.40 ↓ -95%
Superior ValueHMO $74.40 ↓ -95%
Superior EPO $79.53 ↓ -95%
Superior HMO $79.53 ↓ -95%
UTMB MGMCR $83.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $90.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $90.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $90.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $90.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $90.77 ↓ -94%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $101.59 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $103.65 ↓ -93%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $107.75 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare HIX $110.32 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $114.42 ↓ -92%
BCBS HMO $143.15 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $148.29 ↓ -90%
BCBS EPOSOA $153.42 ↓ -90%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $153.94 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $163.68 ↓ -89%
Aetna QHPExchange $187.98 ↓ -88%
Cigna CSN $210.48 ↓ -86%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $227.98 ↓ -85%
Aetna NBPPO $249.99 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBHMO $249.99 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBPOS $249.99 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $251.13 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMPPO $265.59 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMHMO $265.59 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMPOS $265.59 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $266.25 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $271.24 ↓ -82%
Aetna OONPPO $312.00 ↓ -79%
Aetna OONPOS $312.00 ↓ -79%
Aetna OONHMO $312.00 ↓ -79%
Aetna ASAPPO $337.35 ↓ -78%
Aetna ASAPOS $337.35 ↓ -78%
Aetna ASAHMO $337.35 ↓ -78%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $363.07 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $378.20 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $413.00 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $529.48 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $529.48 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $529.48 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $650.51 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $680.76 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $680.76 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $680.76 ↓ -55%
Humana PPO $685.45 ↓ -55%
Humana HMO $685.45 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $756.40 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $806.33 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $832.05 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $832.05 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $907.69 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $907.69 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $907.69 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $907.69 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $983.33 ↓ -35%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,210.25 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,210.25 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,240.50 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,285.89 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,285.89 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,361.53 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,361.53 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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