X-ray small intestine follow-through study at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE
225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035
$7,044.97
Cash price 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.
$7,044.97
Gross charge 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.
$80.88 with Texas Health Network vs $5,635.98 with Cigna Behavioral Health — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $80.88 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $82.53 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $82.53 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $82.53 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $82.53 | ↓ -99% |
| UTMB | MGMCD | $82.53 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $83.86 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $83.86 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $83.86 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $83.86 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $84.36 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MGMCD | $85.54 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $90.57 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $90.78 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $90.78 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $90.78 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $90.78 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | BAV | $91.07 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | MCD | $103.16 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | HMO | $162.96 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $169.19 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | PPO | $174.94 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $308.48 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $324.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $324.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $324.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $324.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $324.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | MCR | $358.02 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $409.99 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $409.99 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $409.99 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $436.14 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $436.14 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $436.14 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $512.82 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $512.82 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $512.82 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $554.21 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $554.21 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $554.21 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | CSN | $799.19 | ↓ -89% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $863.99 | ↓ -88% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $896.39 | ↓ -87% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $950.39 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,025.99 | ↓ -85% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $1,295.98 | ↓ -82% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,376.98 | ↓ -80% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $1,457.98 | ↓ -79% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $1,474.18 | ↓ -79% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $1,619.98 | ↓ -77% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,723.12 | ↓ -76% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,723.12 | ↓ -76% |
| IPA Management Services | COMM | $1,761.24 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,889.98 | ↓ -73% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $1,889.98 | ↓ -73% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $1,889.98 | ↓ -73% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,159.97 | ↓ -69% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $2,159.97 | ↓ -69% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $2,321.97 | ↓ -67% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $2,429.97 | ↓ -66% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $2,429.97 | ↓ -66% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $2,429.97 | ↓ -66% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $2,699.97 | ↓ -62% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $2,878.16 | ↓ -59% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $2,969.96 | ↓ -58% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $2,969.96 | ↓ -58% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $3,239.96 | ↓ -54% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $3,239.96 | ↓ -54% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $3,239.96 | ↓ -54% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $3,239.96 | ↓ -54% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $3,509.95 | ↓ -50% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $4,319.94 | ↓ -39% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $4,319.94 | ↓ -39% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $4,427.94 | ↓ -37% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $4,589.94 | ↓ -35% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $4,589.94 | ↓ -35% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $4,859.94 | ↓ -31% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $4,859.94 | ↓ -31% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $5,635.98 | ↓ -20% |
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X-ray small intestine follow-through study at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,234.59 | $82.53 – $1,749.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,224.58 | $89.56 – $1,836.86 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,235.93 | $82.53 – $1,544.91 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,234.59 | $82.53 – $1,749.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,224.58 | $88.31 – $1,836.86 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,224.58 | $82.53 – $1,836.86 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,235.93 | $82.53 – $1,853.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,234.59 | $82.53 – $1,749.00 |