X-ray neck soft tissue 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

$1,719.36

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.

$1,719.36

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.

$30.78 with Texas Health Network vs $1,547.42 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 $30.78 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $31.41 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $31.41 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $31.41 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $31.41 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCD $31.41 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $31.74 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $31.74 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $31.74 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $31.74 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $32.37 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $34.28 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $34.55 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $34.55 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $34.55 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $34.55 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $39.26 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $83.51 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $90.37 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $103.16 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $103.16 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $103.16 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $103.16 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $103.16 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $107.43 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $135.16 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $151.64 ↓ -91%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPOS $179.64 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBHMO $179.64 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPPO $179.64 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -89%
United SmallGroup $182.03 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMHMO $191.09 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPPO $191.09 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPOS $191.09 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONPOS $224.69 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPPO $224.69 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONHMO $224.69 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAPOS $242.82 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAHMO $242.82 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAPPO $242.82 ↓ -86%
BCBS HMO $271.35 ↓ -84%
BCBS EPOSOA $281.73 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $285.41 ↓ -83%
BCBS PPO $291.31 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $302.61 ↓ -82%
Humana PPO $347.02 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $347.02 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $412.65 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $429.84 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $438.44 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $469.39 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $601.78 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $601.78 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $601.78 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $687.74 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $687.74 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $739.32 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $773.71 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $773.71 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $773.71 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $859.68 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $916.42 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $945.65 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $945.65 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,031.62 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,031.62 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,031.62 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,031.62 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,117.58 ↓ -35%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,375.49 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,375.49 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,409.88 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,461.46 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,461.46 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,547.42 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,547.42 ↓ -10%

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X-ray neck soft tissue at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $520.32 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $191.89 $31.41 – $239.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $279.65 $57.56 – $419.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $237.76 $31.41 – $297.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $191.89 $31.41 – $239.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $279.65 $33.61 – $419.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $279.65 $31.41 – $419.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $237.76 $31.41 – $356.64

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