Lumbar diskogram s&i at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$8,499.81
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.
$8,499.81
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.
$109.37 with Texas Health Network vs $7,649.83 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $109.37 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $111.26 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $111.26 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $111.26 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $111.26 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $111.60 | ↓ -99% |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $111.60 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $111.60 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $111.60 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $111.60 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MGMCD | $113.49 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $120.16 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $122.76 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $122.76 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $122.76 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $122.76 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | MCD | $139.50 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | CSN | $260.70 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $282.13 | ↓ -97% |
| Cigna | PPO | $335.38 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $431.95 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $509.99 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $509.99 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $509.99 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $509.99 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $509.99 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $574.10 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $574.10 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $574.10 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $610.71 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $610.71 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $610.71 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $718.09 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $718.09 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $718.09 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $776.05 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $776.05 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $776.05 | ↓ -91% |
| Humana | PPO | $943.55 | ↓ -89% |
| Humana | HMO | $943.55 | ↓ -89% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,410.97 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,716.96 | ↓ -80% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $2,124.95 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,167.45 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $2,320.45 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,974.93 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $2,974.93 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $3,026.06 | ↓ -64% |
| BCBS | BAV | $3,266.76 | ↓ -62% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $3,333.34 | ↓ -61% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $3,399.92 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $3,399.92 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $3,654.92 | ↓ -57% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $3,824.91 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $3,824.91 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $3,824.91 | ↓ -55% |
| United | SmallGroup | $3,947.38 | ↓ -54% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $3,947.38 | ↓ -54% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $4,249.90 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $4,530.40 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $4,674.90 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $4,674.90 | ↓ -45% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $5,099.89 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $5,099.89 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $5,099.89 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $5,099.89 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $5,524.88 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS | HMO | $5,845.79 | ↓ -31% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $6,069.31 | ↓ -29% |
| BCBS | PPO | $6,275.63 | ↓ -26% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $6,799.85 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $6,799.85 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $6,969.84 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $7,224.84 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $7,224.84 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $7,649.83 | ↓ -10% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $7,649.83 | ↓ -10% |
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Lumbar diskogram s&i at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,358.23 | $111.60 – $4,783.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $5,350.69 | $1,101.35 – $8,026.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $5,618.23 | $111.60 – $7,022.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,358.23 | $111.60 – $4,783.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $5,350.69 | $119.41 – $8,026.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $5,350.69 | $111.60 – $8,026.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $5,618.23 | $111.60 – $8,427.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $2,358.23 | $111.60 – $4,783.04 |