Myelography l-s spine at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$1,132.38
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.
$1,132.38
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.
$67.94 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,484.99 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 | STARPLUS | $67.94 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $67.94 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $67.94 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $67.94 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $67.94 | ↓ -94% |
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $107.07 | ↓ -91% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $109.26 | ↓ -90% |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $109.26 | ↓ -90% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $109.26 | ↓ -90% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $109.26 | ↓ -90% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $109.26 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $109.93 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $109.93 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $109.93 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $109.93 | ↓ -90% |
| United | MGMCD | $112.13 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $118.72 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $120.19 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $120.19 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $120.19 | ↓ -89% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $120.19 | ↓ -89% |
| Humana | MCD | $136.58 | ↓ -88% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $187.98 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $199.30 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | CSN | $255.83 | ↓ -77% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $271.77 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $276.87 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $283.10 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $288.76 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $309.14 | ↓ -73% |
| Cigna | PPO | $329.12 | ↓ -71% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $396.33 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $396.33 | ↓ -65% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $396.33 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $419.99 | ↓ -63% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $452.95 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $452.95 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $486.92 | ↓ -57% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $509.57 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $509.57 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $509.57 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $558.20 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $558.20 | ↓ -51% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $558.20 | ↓ -51% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $566.19 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $593.79 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $593.79 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $593.79 | ↓ -48% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $603.56 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $622.81 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $622.81 | ↓ -45% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $679.43 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $679.43 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $679.43 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $679.43 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $698.20 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $698.20 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $698.20 | ↓ -38% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $736.05 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $754.55 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $754.55 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $754.55 | ↓ -33% |
| Humana | PPO | $887.43 | ↓ -22% |
| Humana | HMO | $887.43 | ↓ -22% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $905.90 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $905.90 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $928.55 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $962.52 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $962.52 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $1,019.14 | ↓ -10% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,019.14 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,198.24 | ↑ +6% |
| BCBS | BAV | $1,293.56 | ↑ +14% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,358.84 | ↑ +20% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,609.16 | ↑ +42% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,609.16 | ↑ +42% |
| BCBS | HMO | $2,314.79 | ↑ +104% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $2,403.29 | ↑ +112% |
| BCBS | PPO | $2,484.99 | ↑ +119% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,350.68 | $109.26 – $1,983.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,334.09 | $274.60 – $2,001.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,334.09 | $109.26 – $1,983.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,350.68 | $109.26 – $1,983.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,334.09 | $116.91 – $2,001.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,334.09 | $109.26 – $2,001.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,334.09 | $109.26 – $2,001.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,350.68 | $109.26 – $1,983.49 |