X-ray sacroiliac joints >= 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.
$39.43 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $433.75 with BCBS — 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 | $39.43 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $39.43 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $39.43 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $39.43 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $40.22 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $42.58 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $43.37 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $43.37 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $43.37 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $43.37 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $47.36 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $47.36 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $47.36 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $47.36 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $47.36 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $49.29 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $104.13 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $112.69 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $132.61 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $133.96 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $169.07 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $197.26 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $201.28 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $207.04 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $215.49 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $224.71 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $224.71 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $224.71 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $239.04 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $239.04 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $239.04 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $245.18 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $249.94 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $276.27 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $281.07 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $281.07 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $281.07 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $303.75 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $303.75 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $303.75 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $315.74 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $315.74 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $355.21 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $381.07 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $407.97 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $409.22 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $409.22 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $420.72 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $433.75 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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X-ray sacroiliac joints >= 3 views at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $494.55 | $39.43 – $1,413.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $494.55 | $39.43 – $1,413.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $38.64 – $197.26 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $39.43 – $197.26 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $601.90 | $431.51 – $431.51 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $170.92 | $39.43 – $272.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $450.39 | $92.71 – $675.59 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $309.11 | $39.43 – $386.38 |