Chest X-ray (single view) at Houston Methodist Clear Lake Hospital
18300 St John Drive, Nassau Bay, TX · Houstonmethodist · · NPI 1952723967
$944.50
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.
$1,889.00
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.
$66.98 with Aetna vs $316.05 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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| Aetna | New Business Discount Other Commercial Plan | $66.98 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | Hmo/Pos/Ppo | $69.02 | ↓ -93% |
| Bcbs | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $87.42 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $88.73 | ↓ -91% |
| Unitedhealthcare | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $89.17 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | Texas Healthspring Medicare Managed Care - Hmo/Ppo | $90.04 | ↓ -90% |
| Molina Healthcare | Advantage Medicare Managed Care Plan | $91.79 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Choice | D-Snp Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $93.54 | ↓ -90% |
| Procare Advantage | Medicare Managed Care - Hmo | $96.16 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Choice | Silver & Gold Exchange | $142.50 | ↓ -85% |
| Optum Health | Transplant Medicare Managed Care Plan | $170.47 | ↓ -82% |
| Molina Healthcare | Exchange | $174.84 | ↓ -81% |
| Bcbs | Blue Advantage Exchange | $194.74 | ↓ -79% |
| Bcbs | All Commercial Plans | $316.05 | ↓ -67% |
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Chest X-ray (single view) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $687.73 | $307.27 – $307.27 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $220.04 | $25.73 – $275.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $327.08 | $67.32 – $490.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $349.81 | $25.73 – $437.26 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $220.04 | $25.73 – $275.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $327.08 | $27.53 – $490.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $327.08 | $25.73 – $490.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $349.81 | $25.73 – $524.72 |