Myelography l-s spine 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.
$107.07 with Texas Health Network vs $6,870.75 with Multiplan — 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 | $107.07 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $109.26 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $109.26 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $109.26 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $109.26 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $109.93 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $109.93 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $109.93 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $109.93 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $112.13 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $118.72 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $120.19 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $120.19 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $120.19 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $120.19 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $136.58 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $255.83 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $276.87 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $329.12 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $419.99 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $458.05 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $458.05 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $458.05 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $458.05 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $458.05 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $558.20 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $558.20 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $558.20 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $593.79 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $593.79 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $593.79 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $698.20 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $698.20 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $698.20 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $754.55 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $754.55 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $754.55 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $887.43 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $887.43 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,198.24 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,343.61 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,358.84 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $1,518.23 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,542.10 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,609.16 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,609.16 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $1,832.20 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,946.71 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $2,084.13 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $2,314.79 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $2,484.99 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $2,655.20 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $2,671.96 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,671.96 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $3,053.67 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $3,053.67 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $3,282.69 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $3,435.38 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $3,435.38 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $3,435.38 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $3,817.09 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $4,069.01 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $4,198.79 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $4,198.79 | — |
| Prime Health Services | WORKERSCOMP | $4,580.50 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $4,580.50 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $4,580.50 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $4,580.50 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $4,580.50 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $4,962.21 | — |
| Fiesta Mart, Inc | COMM | $5,725.63 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $6,107.34 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $6,107.34 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $6,260.02 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $6,489.04 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $6,489.04 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $6,870.75 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $6,870.75 | — |
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Myelography l-s spine at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $1,036.67 | $103.80 – $2,221.43 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,350.68 | $109.26 – $1,983.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,334.09 | $274.60 – $2,001.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,334.09 | $109.26 – $1,983.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,350.68 | $109.26 – $1,983.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,334.09 | $116.91 – $2,001.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,334.09 | $109.26 – $2,001.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,334.09 | $109.26 – $2,001.13 |