X-ray hip with pelvis when performed bilateral >= 5 views at HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER

1313 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1073043592

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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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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$62.15 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,215.19 with Coventry National First Health — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $62.15
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $62.15
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $62.15
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $62.15
United MGMCD $63.39
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $67.12
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $68.37
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $68.37
Molina Healthcare STAR $68.37
Molina Healthcare CHIP $68.37
BCBS MyBlueHealth $75.49
Humana MCD $77.69
BCBS BAV $95.64
Superior Health Plan STAR $136.79
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $136.79
Superior Health Plan CHIP $136.79
Superior Health Plan STARKids $136.79
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $136.79
BCBS HMO $145.83
BCBS EPOSOA $156.12
BCBS PPO $165.98
Cigna CSN $170.89
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $184.95
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
Cigna PPO $219.85
United SmallGroup $245.18
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
Aetna QHPExchange $276.62
Aetna NBPOS $367.65
Aetna NBPPO $367.65
Aetna NBHMO $367.65
United OptionsPPO $383.02
Aetna COMMHMO $391.09
Aetna COMMPPO $391.09
Aetna COMMPOS $391.09
Aetna OONPOS $459.85
Aetna OONHMO $459.85
Aetna OONPPO $459.85
Aetna ASAPPO $496.97
Aetna ASAHMO $496.97
Aetna ASAPOS $496.97
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $581.38
Evry Health BroadNetwork $622.42
Humana PPO $707.48
Humana HMO $707.48
BCBS Traditional $797.97
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $911.96
Curative Administrators COMM $911.96
United GlobalAppendix $1,025.96
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,215.19

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X-ray hip with pelvis when performed bilateral >= 5 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $729.05 $51.47 – $2,083.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $729.05 $60.47 – $2,083.00
HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL HOUSTON not published $62.15 – $276.62
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,412.06 $165.13 – $165.13
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $545.64 $62.15 – $682.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $470.88 $96.92 – $706.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $477.22 $62.15 – $596.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $545.64 $62.15 – $682.05

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