Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) MRI (with contrast) at HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST
6002 FAIRMONT PKWY, PASADENA, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1174576698
$25,802.29
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.
$25,802.29
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.
$273.42 with Texas Health Network vs $23,222.06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $273.42 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $279.00 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $279.00 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $279.00 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $279.00 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $282.68 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $282.68 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $282.68 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $282.68 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MGMCD | $288.33 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $305.29 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $306.90 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $306.90 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $306.90 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $306.90 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | MCD | $348.75 | ↓ -99% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $699.43 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $820.98 | ↓ -97% |
| United | SmallGroup | $828.27 | ↓ -97% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BAV | $946.99 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,210.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,301.00 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,439.57 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,523.58 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $1,548.14 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $1,548.14 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $1,548.14 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $1,548.14 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $1,548.14 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,603.77 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,605.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,605.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,605.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,706.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,706.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,706.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $2,007.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $2,007.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $2,007.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,127.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $2,168.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $2,168.00 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,304.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,739.00 | ↓ -89% |
| Humana | PPO | $4,086.46 | ↓ -84% |
| Humana | HMO | $4,086.46 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $4,541.20 | ↓ -82% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $5,212.06 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $6,192.55 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $9,030.80 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $10,320.92 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $11,094.98 | ↓ -57% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $11,611.03 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $11,611.03 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $13,752.62 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $14,191.26 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $14,191.26 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $15,481.37 | ↓ -40% |
| Prime Health Services | WORKERSCOMP | $15,481.37 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $15,481.37 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $15,481.37 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $15,481.37 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $16,771.49 | ↓ -35% |
| Fiesta Mart, Inc | COMM | $19,351.72 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $20,641.83 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $20,641.83 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $21,157.88 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $21,931.95 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $21,931.95 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $23,222.06 | ↓ -10% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $23,222.06 | ↓ -10% |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) MRI (with contrast) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $4,100.25 | $265.05 – $8,786.25 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,181.58 | $279.00 – $2,726.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,446.79 | $494.01 – $3,670.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,446.79 | $279.00 – $3,058.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,181.58 | $279.00 – $2,726.97 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,446.79 | $298.53 – $3,670.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,446.79 | $279.00 – $3,670.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,446.79 | $279.00 – $3,670.19 |