Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray (4 or more views) at HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST
6002 FAIRMONT PKWY, PASADENA, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1174576698
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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.
$51.09 with Texas Health Network vs $2,648.25 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 | $51.09 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $51.45 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $51.45 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $51.45 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $51.45 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $52.13 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $52.48 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $55.57 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $57.34 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $57.34 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $57.34 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $57.34 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $65.16 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $78.20 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $78.20 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $78.20 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $141.75 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $153.41 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $176.55 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $176.55 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $176.55 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $176.55 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $176.55 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $182.36 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $197.26 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $207.04 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $245.18 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $249.94 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $320.78 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $320.78 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $320.78 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $341.32 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $341.32 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $341.32 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $381.07 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $401.31 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $401.31 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $401.31 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $409.09 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $433.91 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $433.91 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $433.91 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $437.11 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $594.38 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $706.20 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $750.34 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $803.30 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $974.85 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $974.85 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,029.88 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $1,029.88 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,177.00 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,177.00 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $1,265.28 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $1,324.13 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,324.13 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $1,324.13 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,524.21 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,618.38 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,618.38 | — |
| Prime Health Services | WORKERSCOMP | $1,765.50 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,765.50 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,765.50 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,765.50 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,912.63 | — |
| Fiesta Mart, Inc | COMM | $2,206.88 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $2,206.88 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $2,354.00 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,412.85 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $2,501.13 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $2,501.13 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $2,501.13 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $2,648.25 | — |
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Lower Back (Lumbar Spine) X-ray (4 or more views) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $926.89 | $49.52 – $1,986.00 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $872.16 | $431.51 – $431.51 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $475.04 | $52.13 – $593.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $559.42 | $115.15 – $839.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $626.63 | $52.13 – $783.29 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $475.04 | $52.13 – $593.80 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $559.42 | $55.78 – $839.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $559.42 | $52.13 – $839.13 |