Neck (Cervical Spine) X-ray (2 to 3 views) at HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD

5324 ATASCOCITA RD, HUMBLE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1811942238

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

not published by hospital

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

not published by hospital

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$38.96 with Texas Health Network vs $1,824.30 with Affiliated PPO — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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
Texas Health Network MCD $38.96 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $39.76 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $39.76 —
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $39.76 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $39.76 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $39.76 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $39.76 —
United MGMCD $40.56 —
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $42.94 —
Molina Healthcare STAR $43.74 —
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $43.74 —
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $43.74 —
Molina Healthcare CHIP $43.74 —
Humana MCD $49.70 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $59.64 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $59.64 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $59.64 —
Cigna CSN $105.33 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $114.00 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $121.62 —
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $121.62 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $121.62 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $121.62 —
Superior Health Plan STAR $121.62 —
Cigna PPO $135.51 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71 —
BCBS BAV $177.98 —
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 —
United SmallGroup $182.03 —
Aetna NBPPO $237.73 —
Aetna NBHMO $237.73 —
Aetna NBPOS $237.73 —
Aetna COMMHMO $252.96 —
Aetna COMMPPO $252.96 —
Aetna COMMPOS $252.96 —
BCBS HMO $271.35 —
BCBS EPOSOA $281.73 —
BCBS PPO $291.31 —
Aetna OONPPO $297.41 —
Aetna OONHMO $297.41 —
Aetna OONPOS $297.41 —
Aetna ASAPPO $321.57 —
Aetna ASAHMO $321.57 —
Aetna ASAPOS $321.57 —
United OptionsPPO $340.54 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $516.88 —
Evry Health BroadNetwork $553.37 —
Humana HMO $671.55 —
Humana PPO $671.55 —
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $709.45 —
BCBS Traditional $709.45 —
Imagine Health PPO $709.45 —
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $810.80 —
Curative Administrators COMM $810.80 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $871.61 —
Averde Health Commercial $912.15 —
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $912.15 —
United GlobalAppendix $912.15 —
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,049.99 —
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,114.85 —
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,114.85 —
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,216.20 —
Independent Medical System COMM $1,216.20 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,216.20 —
Coastal Comp COMM $1,317.55 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,520.25 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,662.14 —
USA Managed Care COMM $1,722.95 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,722.95 —
Physicians, INC COMM $1,722.95 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,722.95 —
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,824.30 —

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Neck (Cervical Spine) X-ray (2 to 3 views) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $735.88 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $325.79 $39.76 – $407.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $378.40 $77.89 – $567.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $418.55 $39.76 – $523.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $325.79 $39.76 – $407.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $378.40 $42.54 – $567.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $378.40 $39.76 – $567.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $418.55 $39.76 – $627.83

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →