Spinal puncture lumbar diagnostic w/fluoroscopic or CT guidance at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$4,918.97
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$4,918.97
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$257.60 with Texas Health Network vs $5,841.00 with Healthcare Highways — 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 | $257.60 | ↓ -95% |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $262.86 | ↓ -95% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $276.00 | ↓ -94% |
| United | MGMCD | $282.06 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $289.15 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $289.15 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $289.15 | ↓ -94% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $289.15 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $294.40 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $294.40 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $294.40 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $294.40 | ↓ -94% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | MCD | $328.58 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $331.84 | ↓ -93% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -90% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $688.66 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $816.55 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $948.00 | ↓ -81% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | ↓ -81% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $948.00 | ↓ -81% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | ↓ -81% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | ↓ -81% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $993.63 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,000.08 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | BAV | $1,131.34 | ↓ -77% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $1,165.80 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $1,165.80 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $1,229.74 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,293.85 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,293.85 | ↓ -74% |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,293.85 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $1,342.88 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,430.00 | ↓ -71% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,534.00 | ↓ -69% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,721.64 | ↓ -65% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,732.00 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,899.00 | ↓ -61% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,899.00 | ↓ -61% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,967.59 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,012.00 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $2,017.00 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $2,017.00 | ↓ -59% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $2,115.00 | ↓ -57% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $2,115.16 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $2,181.00 | ↓ -56% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,191.00 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $2,213.54 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $2,317.00 | ↓ -53% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $2,374.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $2,374.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,428.00 | ↓ -51% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $2,459.49 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $2,564.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $2,564.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $2,621.81 | ↓ -47% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,631.00 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $2,705.43 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $2,705.43 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $2,727.00 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $2,947.00 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $2,951.38 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $2,951.38 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,951.38 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $2,951.38 | ↓ -40% |
| Cigna | PPO | $3,128.00 | ↓ -36% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $3,197.33 | ↓ -35% |
| Oscar | HIX | $3,390.00 | ↓ -31% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $3,935.18 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $3,935.18 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $4,033.56 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $4,181.12 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $4,181.12 | ↓ -15% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $4,255.00 | ↓ -13% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $4,427.07 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $4,427.07 | ↓ -10% |
| Humana | HMO | $4,690.00 | ↓ -5% |
| Humana | PPO | $4,690.00 | ↓ -5% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $5,841.00 | ↑ +19% |
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Spinal puncture lumbar diagnostic w/fluoroscopic or CT guidance at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,692.88 | $262.86 – $3,693.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,010.48 | $207.99 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,030.57 | $262.86 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,692.88 | $262.86 – $3,693.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,010.48 | $281.26 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,010.48 | $262.86 – $2,501.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,030.57 | $262.86 – $2,975.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,692.88 | $262.86 – $3,693.00 |