X-ray sacroiliac joints >= 3 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

$3,562.16

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.

$3,562.16

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.

$38.64 with Texas Health Network vs $3,205.94 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 $38.64 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $39.43 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $39.43 ↓ -99%
UTMB MGMCD $39.43 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $39.43 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $39.43 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $39.43 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $39.43 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $39.43 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $39.43 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $40.22 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $42.58 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $43.37 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $43.37 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $43.37 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $43.37 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $49.29 ↓ -99%
Cigna CSN $104.13 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $112.69 ↓ -97%
Cigna PPO $133.96 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $169.07 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -94%
BCBS BAV $212.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $213.73 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $213.73 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $213.73 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $213.73 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $213.73 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPPO $224.71 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBHMO $224.71 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPOS $224.71 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMHMO $239.04 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMPOS $239.04 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMPPO $239.04 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONHMO $281.07 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPOS $281.07 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPPO $281.07 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPOS $303.75 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAHMO $303.75 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAPPO $303.75 ↓ -91%
BCBS HMO $381.07 ↓ -89%
BCBS EPOSOA $395.64 ↓ -89%
BCBS PPO $409.09 ↓ -89%
Humana PPO $409.22 ↓ -89%
Humana HMO $409.22 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $591.32 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $626.94 ↓ -82%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $854.92 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $890.54 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $908.35 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $972.47 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $1,246.76 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $1,246.76 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $1,246.76 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,424.86 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,424.86 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,531.73 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $1,602.97 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $1,602.97 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,602.97 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,781.08 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,898.63 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,959.19 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,959.19 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,137.30 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,137.30 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $2,137.30 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $2,137.30 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $2,315.40 ↓ -35%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,849.73 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $2,849.73 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,920.97 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $3,027.84 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $3,027.84 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $3,205.94 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,205.94 ↓ -10%

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X-ray sacroiliac joints >= 3 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $601.90 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $170.92 $39.43 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $450.39 $92.71 – $675.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $309.11 $39.43 – $386.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $170.92 $39.43 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $450.39 $42.19 – $675.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $450.39 $39.43 – $675.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $309.11 $39.43 – $463.66

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