Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with contrast) at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$14,648.34
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.
$14,648.34
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.
$170.28 with Texas Health Network vs $13,183.51 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.
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 |
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| Texas Health Network | MCD | $170.28 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $173.75 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $173.75 | ↓ -99% |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $173.75 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $173.75 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $173.75 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $175.43 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $175.43 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $175.43 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $175.43 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MGMCD | $178.94 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $189.46 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $191.13 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $191.13 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $191.13 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $191.13 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | MCD | $217.19 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $649.14 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | BAV | $687.33 | ↓ -95% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $699.43 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $725.00 | ↓ -95% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | ↓ -94% |
| United | SmallGroup | $828.27 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $878.90 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $878.90 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $878.90 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $878.90 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $878.90 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $963.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $963.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $963.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,024.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,024.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,024.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,203.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,203.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,203.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,301.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,301.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,301.00 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,439.57 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,554.13 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | CSN | $1,635.00 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,668.68 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,771.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,106.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $2,431.62 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,578.11 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | HMO | $2,925.60 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | PPO | $2,925.60 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $3,515.60 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $3,662.09 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $5,126.92 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $5,859.34 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $6,298.79 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $6,591.75 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $6,591.75 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $7,807.57 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $8,056.59 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $8,056.59 | ↓ -45% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $8,789.00 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $8,789.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $8,789.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $8,789.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $9,521.42 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $11,718.67 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $11,718.67 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $12,011.64 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $12,451.09 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $12,451.09 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $13,183.51 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $13,183.51 | ↓ -10% |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) CT scan (with contrast) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $4,302.62 | $1,779.42 – $1,779.42 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,381.40 | $173.75 – $2,976.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,041.20 | $420.15 – $3,061.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,381.40 | $173.75 – $2,976.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,381.40 | $173.75 – $2,976.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,041.20 | $185.91 – $3,061.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,041.20 | $173.75 – $3,061.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,381.40 | $173.75 – $3,572.10 |