Neck (Cervical Spine) CT scan (with contrast) at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER
1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592
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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.
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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.
$175.09 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $9,991.75 with Coventry National First 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 |
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| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $175.09 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $175.09 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $175.09 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $175.09 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $178.59 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $189.10 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $190.75 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $190.75 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $190.75 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $190.75 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $216.76 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $699.43 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $725.00 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $820.98 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $828.27 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $946.99 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $963.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $963.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $963.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,024.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,024.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,024.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $1,124.78 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $1,124.78 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $1,124.78 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $1,124.78 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $1,124.78 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,203.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,203.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,203.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,301.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,301.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,301.00 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,439.57 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,535.04 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,626.68 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $1,635.00 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,771.00 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,106.00 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $2,925.60 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $2,925.60 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $3,149.37 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $6,561.19 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $7,498.50 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $8,435.81 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $9,991.75 | — |
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Neck (Cervical Spine) CT scan (with contrast) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $3,706.50 | $173.41 – $10,590.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $3,706.50 | $173.41 – $10,590.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $169.94 – $763.70 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $173.41 – $820.98 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $4,651.93 | $1,779.42 – $1,779.42 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,304.59 | $173.41 – $2,880.74 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,381.40 | $490.17 – $3,572.10 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,381.40 | $173.41 – $2,976.75 |