Spine X-ray (single view, one level) at HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL
5003 CYPRESS CREEK PKWY, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1750819025
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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.
$24.39 with Amerigroup vs $731.86 with Multiplan — 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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| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $24.39 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $24.39 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $24.73 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $24.73 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $24.73 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $24.73 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $25.22 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $26.71 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $26.83 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $26.83 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $26.83 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $26.83 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $30.49 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $36.59 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $36.59 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $36.59 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $51.66 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $51.66 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $51.66 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $51.66 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $51.66 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $61.64 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $66.71 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $79.30 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $138.06 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $138.06 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $138.06 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $140.47 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $144.65 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $146.89 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $146.89 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $146.89 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $153.71 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $172.71 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $172.71 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $172.71 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $177.98 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $182.03 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $182.03 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $186.74 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $186.74 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $186.74 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $219.56 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $235.06 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $271.35 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $285.25 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $285.25 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $300.88 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $301.35 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $304.80 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $330.41 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $344.40 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $344.40 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $387.45 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $645.76 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $731.86 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Spine X-ray (single view, one level) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $298.90 | $24.39 – $854.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $298.90 | $24.39 – $854.00 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $535.50 | $64.42 – $170.47 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $265.00 | $68.02 – $349.69 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $535.50 | $64.42 – $349.69 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $890.25 | $24.39 – $140.47 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $283.12 | $24.39 – $353.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $272.99 | $56.19 – $409.48 |