X-ray fallopian tube at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
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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.
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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.
$55.81 with BCBS vs $4,363.39 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 |
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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $55.81 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $60.25 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $107.81 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $111.94 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $115.74 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $290.89 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $290.89 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $290.89 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $290.89 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $290.89 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $320.65 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $321.44 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $426.18 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $426.18 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $426.18 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $453.35 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $453.35 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $453.35 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $533.06 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $533.06 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $533.06 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $576.09 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $576.09 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $576.09 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $630.27 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $630.27 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $630.27 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $630.27 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $678.75 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $678.75 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $717.54 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $775.71 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $804.80 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $832.97 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $832.97 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $853.28 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $921.16 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $1,149.03 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $1,149.03 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $1,163.57 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,236.29 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $1,309.02 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $1,323.56 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $1,454.46 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,696.87 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $1,696.87 | — |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $1,696.87 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,939.28 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,939.28 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $2,084.73 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $2,181.69 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $2,181.69 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $2,181.69 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $2,424.11 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $2,584.10 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $2,666.52 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $2,666.52 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $2,908.93 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $2,908.93 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,908.93 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $2,908.93 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $3,151.34 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $3,878.57 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $3,878.57 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $3,975.53 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $4,120.98 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $4,120.98 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $4,363.39 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $4,363.39 | — |
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X-ray fallopian tube at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $458.68 | $63.42 – $649.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $501.00 | $103.12 – $751.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $501.00 | $100.20 – $626.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $458.68 | $72.62 – $649.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $501.00 | $129.69 – $751.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $501.00 | $258.85 – $751.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $501.00 | $106.55 – $751.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $458.68 | $63.42 – $649.80 |