X-ray mandible ltd <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

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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.

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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.

$38.31 with Texas Health Network vs $415.29 with Humana — 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 $38.31
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $38.76
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $38.76
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $38.76
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $38.76
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $39.09
Amerigroup MGMCD $39.09
UTMB MGMCD $39.09
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $39.09
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $39.09
United MGMCD $39.54
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $41.86
Molina Healthcare STAR $43.00
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $43.00
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $43.00
Molina Healthcare CHIP $43.00
Humana MCD $48.86
Cigna CSN $108.99
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $117.95
Cigna PPO $140.21
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47
BCBS BAV $151.64
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
Aetna QHPExchange $177.00
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
United SmallGroup $182.03
Aetna NBPPO $235.25
Aetna NBHMO $235.25
Aetna NBPOS $235.25
Aetna COMMPPO $250.25
Aetna COMMPOS $250.25
Aetna COMMHMO $250.25
BCBS HMO $271.35
BCBS EPOSOA $281.73
BCBS PPO $291.31
Aetna OONPPO $294.25
Aetna OONPOS $294.25
Aetna OONHMO $294.25
Aetna ASAPPO $318.00
Aetna ASAPOS $318.00
Aetna ASAHMO $318.00
Humana HMO $415.29
Humana PPO $415.29

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X-ray mandible ltd <4 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $426.98 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $121.12 $39.09 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $261.13 $53.75 – $391.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $303.05 $39.09 – $378.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $121.12 $39.09 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $261.13 $41.83 – $391.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $261.13 $39.09 – $391.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $303.05 $39.09 – $454.57

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