X-ray hip with pelvis when performed bilateral >= 5 views at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE

225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$2,786.25

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$2,786.25

Gross charge

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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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$60.91 with Texas Health Network vs $2,507.63 with Affiliated PPO — same scan, same building. Share

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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.

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Payer
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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.

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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Texas Health Network MCD $60.91 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $62.15 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $62.15 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $62.15 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $62.15 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $62.15 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCD $62.15 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $62.15 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $62.15 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $62.15 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $63.39 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $67.12 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $68.37 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $68.37 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $68.37 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $68.37 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $75.49 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $77.69 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $81.49 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $145.83 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $151.40 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $156.55 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $167.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $167.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $167.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $167.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $167.18 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $170.89 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $184.95 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -93%
Cigna PPO $219.85 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -91%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -91%
Aetna QHPExchange $276.62 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPPO $367.65 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPOS $367.65 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBHMO $367.65 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPPO $391.09 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMPOS $391.09 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMHMO $391.09 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONHMO $459.85 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPOS $459.85 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPPO $459.85 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $462.52 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $490.38 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAPOS $496.97 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAHMO $496.97 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAPPO $496.97 ↓ -82%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $668.70 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $696.56 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $707.48 ↓ -75%
Humana HMO $707.48 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $710.49 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $760.65 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $975.19 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $975.19 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $975.19 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,114.50 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,114.50 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,198.09 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $1,253.81 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $1,253.81 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,253.81 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,393.13 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,485.07 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,532.44 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,532.44 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,671.75 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,671.75 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,671.75 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,671.75 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,811.06 ↓ -35%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,229.00 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $2,229.00 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,284.72 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,368.31 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,368.31 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,507.63 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,507.63 ↓ -10%

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X-ray hip with pelvis when performed bilateral >= 5 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,412.06 $165.13 – $165.13
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $545.64 $62.15 – $682.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $470.88 $96.92 – $706.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $477.22 $62.15 – $596.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $545.64 $62.15 – $682.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $470.88 $66.50 – $706.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $470.88 $62.15 – $706.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $477.22 $62.15 – $715.83

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