X-ray cervical spine 2-3 views 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.
$39.76 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,157.95 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 | STAR | $39.76 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $39.76 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $39.76 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $39.76 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $40.56 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $42.94 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $43.74 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $43.74 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $43.74 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $43.74 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $49.70 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $105.33 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $114.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $130.35 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $130.35 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $130.35 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $130.35 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $130.35 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $135.51 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $140.47 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $153.71 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $171.05 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $177.98 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $182.03 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $182.03 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $227.35 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $227.35 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $227.35 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $241.84 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $241.84 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $241.84 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $271.35 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $284.36 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $284.36 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $284.36 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $290.51 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $307.32 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $307.32 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $307.32 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $308.86 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $364.98 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $384.19 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $384.19 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $553.99 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $593.10 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $760.38 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $869.01 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $869.01 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $977.63 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,157.95 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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X-ray cervical spine 2-3 views at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $520.80 | $39.76 – $1,488.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $520.80 | $39.76 – $1,488.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $38.96 – $171.05 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $39.76 – $171.05 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $735.88 | $307.27 – $307.27 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $325.79 | $39.76 – $407.24 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $378.40 | $77.89 – $567.60 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $418.55 | $39.76 – $523.19 |