Mid and Lower Back (Thoracolumbar Spine) X-ray at HCA HOUSTON WEST
12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938
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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.
$34.05 with Texas Health Network vs $2,969.10 with Affiliated PPO — 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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| Texas Health Network | MCD | $34.05 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $34.75 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $34.75 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $34.75 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $34.75 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $34.75 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $34.75 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $35.45 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $37.53 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $38.23 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $38.23 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $38.23 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $38.23 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $43.44 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $52.13 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $52.13 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $52.13 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $89.58 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $96.94 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $115.24 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $140.47 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $151.64 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $153.71 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $182.03 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $182.03 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $197.94 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $197.94 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $197.94 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $197.94 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $197.94 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $204.48 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $204.48 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $204.48 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $217.57 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $217.57 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $217.57 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $255.80 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $255.80 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $255.80 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $271.35 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $276.58 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $276.58 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $276.58 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $281.73 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $291.31 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $554.23 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $791.76 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $841.25 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $900.63 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,092.96 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1,092.96 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,154.65 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $1,154.65 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,319.60 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,319.60 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $1,418.57 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $1,484.55 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,484.55 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $1,484.55 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,708.88 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,814.45 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,814.45 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,979.40 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,979.40 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,979.40 | — |
| Triumph | COMM | $1,979.40 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $2,144.35 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $2,474.25 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $2,639.20 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,705.18 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $2,804.15 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $2,804.15 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $2,804.15 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $2,969.10 | — |
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Mid and Lower Back (Thoracolumbar Spine) X-ray at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $361.55 | $34.75 – $1,033.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $361.55 | $34.75 – $1,033.00 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $615.50 | $87.42 – $170.47 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $314.00 | $87.42 – $349.69 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $615.50 | $87.42 – $349.69 |
| HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL | HOUSTON | not published | $34.75 – $204.48 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $34.75 – $204.48 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $298.58 | $34.75 – $373.23 |