X-ray mandible complete > 4 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.
$43.44 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,033.42 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 | CHIPPerinatal | $43.44 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $43.44 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $43.44 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $43.44 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $44.31 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $46.92 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $48.16 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $48.16 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $48.16 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $48.16 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $54.73 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $115.06 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $116.33 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $116.33 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $116.33 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $116.33 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $116.33 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $124.52 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $148.02 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $190.95 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $197.26 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $207.04 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $245.18 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $249.94 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $253.79 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $253.79 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $253.79 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $269.97 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $269.97 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $269.97 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $317.44 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $317.44 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $317.44 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $325.73 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $343.06 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $343.06 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $343.06 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $381.07 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $407.97 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $433.75 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $440.31 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $440.31 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $494.41 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $529.31 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $678.61 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $775.55 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $775.55 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $872.50 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,033.42 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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X-ray mandible complete > 4 views at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $679.35 | $43.44 – $1,941.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $679.35 | $43.44 – $1,941.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $42.90 – $197.26 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $43.44 – $197.26 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $654.13 | $431.51 – $431.51 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $181.22 | $43.78 – $272.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $361.61 | $74.43 – $542.41 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $379.70 | $43.78 – $474.62 |