MRA chest wo IV cont at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$1,486.34
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.
?
What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$1,486.34
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.
?
The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$89.18 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,739.00 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
?
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 →
?
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 | CHPFC | $89.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $89.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $89.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $89.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $89.18 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $193.22 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $193.22 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $193.22 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $193.22 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $208.09 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $208.09 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $246.73 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $261.60 | ↓ -82% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $352.26 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $352.26 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $356.72 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $393.88 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $410.15 | ↓ -72% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $437.25 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | BAV | $442.78 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $477.12 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $477.12 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $477.12 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $508.33 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $508.33 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $508.33 | ↓ -66% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $517.79 | ↓ -65% |
| United | SmallGroup | $517.79 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $520.22 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $594.54 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $596.02 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $596.02 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $596.02 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $639.13 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $643.59 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $643.59 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $643.59 | ↓ -57% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $668.85 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $668.85 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $792.22 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS | HMO | $792.34 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $817.49 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $817.49 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $822.63 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS | PPO | $850.60 | ↓ -43% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $891.80 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $891.80 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $891.80 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $891.80 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $966.12 | ↓ -35% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $1,189.07 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,218.80 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $1,263.39 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $1,263.39 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,337.71 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $1,337.71 | ↓ -10% |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,127.00 | ↑ +43% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,304.00 | ↑ +55% |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,739.00 | ↑ +84% |
Visitor-reported prices
Comments
MRA chest wo IV cont at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | $6,654.79 | $410.15 – $437.25 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $1,654.38 | $328.59 – $3,545.10 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $1,205.05 | $279.65 – $3,443.00 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $633.75 | $400.00 – $3,802.50 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $1,205.05 | $328.59 – $3,443.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $1,205.05 | $328.59 – $3,443.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST | PASADENA | $10,824.01 | $410.15 – $437.25 |
| St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital | The Woodlands | $1,205.05 | $328.59 – $3,443.00 |