X-ray abdomen >=3 views at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$2,894.57
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.
$2,894.57
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.
$42.24 with Texas Health Network vs $2,605.11 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 | $42.24 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $43.10 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $43.10 | ↓ -99% |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $43.10 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $43.10 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $43.10 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $43.10 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $43.10 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $43.10 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $43.10 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MGMCD | $43.96 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $46.55 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $47.41 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $47.41 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $47.41 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $47.41 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MCD | $53.88 | ↓ -98% |
| Cigna | CSN | $110.20 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $119.26 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | PPO | $141.77 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $173.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $173.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $173.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $173.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $173.67 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $180.96 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $197.26 | ↓ -93% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $207.04 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BAV | $212.95 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $240.52 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $240.52 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $240.52 | ↓ -92% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | ↓ -92% |
| United | SmallGroup | $245.18 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $255.86 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $255.86 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $255.86 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $300.84 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $300.84 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $300.84 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $325.12 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $325.12 | ↓ -89% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $325.12 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | HMO | $381.07 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $395.64 | ↓ -86% |
| BCBS | PPO | $409.09 | ↓ -86% |
| Humana | PPO | $440.13 | ↓ -85% |
| Humana | HMO | $440.13 | ↓ -85% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $480.50 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $509.44 | ↓ -82% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $694.70 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $723.64 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $738.12 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $790.22 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,013.10 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $1,013.10 | ↓ -65% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $1,013.10 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,157.83 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,157.83 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $1,244.67 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,302.56 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $1,302.56 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $1,302.56 | ↓ -55% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $1,447.29 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,542.81 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,592.01 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,592.01 | ↓ -45% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,736.74 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,736.74 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $1,736.74 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,736.74 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,881.47 | ↓ -35% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $2,315.66 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $2,315.66 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,373.55 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $2,460.38 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $2,460.38 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $2,605.11 | ↓ -10% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $2,605.11 | ↓ -10% |
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X-ray abdomen >=3 views at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $646.31 | $431.51 – $431.51 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $244.51 | $43.10 – $305.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $331.54 | $68.24 – $497.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $344.12 | $43.10 – $430.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $244.51 | $43.10 – $305.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $331.54 | $46.12 – $497.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $331.54 | $43.10 – $497.30 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $344.12 | $43.10 – $516.19 |