X-ray colon abdominal radiograph(s) & delayed images single contrast study at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$5,078.72
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.
$5,078.72
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.
$150.63 with Texas Health Network vs $4,570.85 with Multiplan — 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 | $150.63 | ↓ -97% |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $153.70 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $153.70 | ↓ -97% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $153.70 | ↓ -97% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $153.70 | ↓ -97% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $153.70 | ↓ -97% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $156.04 | ↓ -97% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $156.04 | ↓ -97% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $156.04 | ↓ -97% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $156.04 | ↓ -97% |
| United | MGMCD | $159.16 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $168.52 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $169.07 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $169.07 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $169.07 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $169.07 | ↓ -97% |
| Humana | MCD | $192.13 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $304.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $304.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $304.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $304.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $304.72 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $320.71 | ↓ -94% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $339.25 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BAV | $346.22 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | CSN | $389.33 | ↓ -92% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $401.74 | ↓ -92% |
| United | SmallGroup | $401.74 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $421.34 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | PPO | $500.86 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | HMO | $619.55 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $643.24 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $651.08 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | PPO | $665.10 | ↓ -87% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $843.07 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $865.34 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $865.34 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $865.34 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $893.85 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $920.52 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $920.52 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $920.52 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,082.37 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,082.37 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,082.37 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,169.73 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,169.73 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,169.73 | ↓ -77% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $1,218.89 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $1,269.68 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,295.07 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $1,386.49 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,777.55 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $1,777.55 | ↓ -65% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $1,777.55 | ↓ -65% |
| Humana | PPO | $2,024.55 | ↓ -60% |
| Humana | HMO | $2,024.55 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $2,031.49 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,031.49 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $2,183.85 | ↓ -57% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $2,285.42 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $2,285.42 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $2,285.42 | ↓ -55% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $2,539.36 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $2,706.96 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $2,793.30 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $2,793.30 | ↓ -45% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $3,047.23 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $3,047.23 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $3,047.23 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $3,047.23 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $3,301.17 | ↓ -35% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $4,062.98 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $4,062.98 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $4,164.55 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $4,316.91 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $4,316.91 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $4,570.85 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $4,570.85 | ↓ -10% |
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