Contrast x-ray of elbow at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$520.21
Cash price 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.
$520.21
Gross charge 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.
$31.21 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,393.75 with BCBS — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $31.21 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $31.21 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $31.21 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $31.21 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $31.21 | ↓ -94% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $86.35 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $91.56 | ↓ -82% |
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $98.24 | ↓ -81% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $100.24 | ↓ -81% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $100.24 | ↓ -81% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $100.24 | ↓ -81% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $100.24 | ↓ -81% |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $100.24 | ↓ -81% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $110.26 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $110.26 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $110.26 | ↓ -79% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $110.26 | ↓ -79% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $112.26 | ↓ -78% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $112.26 | ↓ -78% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $112.26 | ↓ -78% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $112.26 | ↓ -78% |
| United | MGMCD | $114.51 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $121.24 | ↓ -77% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $124.85 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | MCD | $125.30 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $132.65 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $142.02 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $182.07 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $182.07 | ↓ -65% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $182.07 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $208.08 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $208.08 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $223.69 | ↓ -57% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $234.09 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $234.09 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $234.09 | ↓ -55% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $260.11 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $277.27 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $286.12 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $286.12 | ↓ -45% |
| Cigna | CSN | $309.25 | ↓ -41% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $312.13 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $312.13 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $312.13 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $312.13 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $334.68 | ↓ -36% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $338.14 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna | PPO | $397.85 | ↓ -24% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $416.17 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $426.57 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $442.18 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $442.18 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $468.19 | ↓ -10% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $468.19 | ↓ -10% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $515.64 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $672.06 | ↑ +29% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $685.33 | ↑ +32% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $685.33 | ↑ +32% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $685.33 | ↑ +32% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $699.43 | ↑ +34% |
| BCBS | BAV | $725.51 | ↑ +39% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $729.03 | ↑ +40% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $729.03 | ↑ +40% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $729.03 | ↑ +40% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | ↑ +59% |
| United | SmallGroup | $828.27 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $857.21 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $857.21 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $857.21 | ↑ +65% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $926.40 | ↑ +78% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $926.40 | ↑ +78% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $926.40 | ↑ +78% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,173.37 | ↑ +126% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,173.37 | ↑ +126% |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,298.29 | ↑ +150% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,347.93 | ↑ +159% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,393.75 | ↑ +168% |
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Contrast x-ray of elbow at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $495.60 | $100.24 – $952.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $960.60 | $197.72 – $1,440.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,047.42 | $100.24 – $1,309.28 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $495.60 | $100.24 – $952.69 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $960.60 | $107.26 – $1,440.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $960.60 | $100.24 – $1,440.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,047.42 | $100.24 – $1,571.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $495.60 | $100.24 – $952.69 |