Mid and Lower Back (Thoracolumbar Spine) X-ray at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
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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.
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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.
$34.05 with Texas Health Network vs $291.31 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 |
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| Texas Health Network | MCD | $34.05 | — |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $34.75 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $34.75 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $34.75 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $34.75 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $34.75 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $34.75 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $34.75 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $35.45 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $37.53 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $38.23 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $38.23 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $38.23 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $38.23 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $43.44 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $52.13 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $52.13 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $52.13 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $89.58 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $96.94 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $115.24 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $140.47 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $151.64 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $153.71 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $182.03 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $182.03 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $204.48 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $204.48 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $204.48 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $217.57 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $217.57 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $217.57 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $255.80 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $255.80 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $255.80 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $271.35 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $276.58 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $276.58 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $276.58 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $281.73 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $291.31 | — |
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Mid and Lower Back (Thoracolumbar Spine) X-ray at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $298.58 | $34.75 – $373.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $306.05 | $63.00 – $459.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $306.05 | $34.75 – $382.57 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $298.58 | $34.75 – $373.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $306.05 | $37.18 – $459.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $306.05 | $34.75 – $459.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $306.05 | $34.75 – $459.08 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $298.58 | $34.75 – $373.23 |