X-ray mandible complete > 4 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

$3,812.82

Cash price

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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.

$3,812.82

Gross charge

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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.

$42.90 with Texas Health Network vs $3,431.54 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.

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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
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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 $42.90 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $43.44 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $43.44 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $43.44 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $43.44 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $43.78 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCD $43.78 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $43.78 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $43.78 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $43.78 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $44.31 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $46.92 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $48.16 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $48.16 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $48.16 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $48.16 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $54.73 ↓ -99%
Cigna CSN $115.06 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $124.52 ↓ -97%
Cigna PPO $148.02 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $190.95 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $212.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $228.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $228.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $228.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $228.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $228.77 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPPO $253.79 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBHMO $253.79 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPOS $253.79 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMHMO $269.97 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMPPO $269.97 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMPOS $269.97 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONHMO $317.44 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPPO $317.44 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPOS $317.44 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPOS $343.06 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAHMO $343.06 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAPPO $343.06 ↓ -91%
BCBS HMO $381.07 ↓ -90%
BCBS EPOSOA $395.64 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $409.09 ↓ -89%
Humana PPO $440.31 ↓ -88%
Humana HMO $440.31 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $632.93 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $671.06 ↓ -82%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $915.08 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $953.21 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $972.27 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,040.90 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $1,334.49 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $1,334.49 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $1,334.49 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,525.13 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,525.13 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,639.51 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $1,715.77 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $1,715.77 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,715.77 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,906.41 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,032.23 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,097.05 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,097.05 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,287.69 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,287.69 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $2,287.69 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $2,287.69 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $2,478.33 ↓ -35%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $3,050.26 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $3,050.26 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,126.51 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $3,240.90 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $3,240.90 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $3,431.54 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,431.54 ↓ -10%

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X-ray mandible complete > 4 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $654.13 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $181.22 $43.78 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $361.61 $74.43 – $542.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $379.70 $43.78 – $474.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $181.22 $43.78 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $361.61 $46.84 – $542.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $361.61 $43.78 – $542.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $379.70 $43.78 – $569.55

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