Neck (Cervical Spine) X-ray (4 to 5 views) at HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST

6002 FAIRMONT PKWY, PASADENA, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1174576698

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

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Cash price

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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

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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.

$52.72 with Texas Health Network vs $2,315.18 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Texas Health Network MCD $52.72 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $53.46 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $53.46 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $53.46 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $53.46 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $53.80 —
United MGMCD $54.53 —
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $57.74 —
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $59.18 —
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $59.18 —
Molina Healthcare STAR $59.18 —
Molina Healthcare CHIP $59.18 —
Humana MCD $67.25 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $80.70 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $80.70 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $80.70 —
Cigna CSN $146.62 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $154.35 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $154.35 —
Superior Health Plan STAR $154.35 —
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $154.35 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $154.35 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $158.67 —
Cigna PPO $188.62 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 —
United SmallGroup $245.18 —
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 —
BCBS BAV $249.94 —
Aetna NBPPO $331.80 —
Aetna NBPOS $331.80 —
Aetna NBHMO $331.80 —
Aetna COMMHMO $353.05 —
Aetna COMMPPO $353.05 —
Aetna COMMPOS $353.05 —
BCBS HMO $381.07 —
BCBS EPOSOA $409.09 —
Aetna OONPPO $415.09 —
Aetna OONHMO $415.09 —
Aetna OONPOS $415.09 —
BCBS PPO $437.11 —
Aetna ASAPPO $448.81 —
Aetna ASAHMO $448.81 —
Aetna ASAPOS $448.81 —
United OptionsPPO $519.63 —
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $617.38 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $655.97 —
Evry Health BroadNetwork $702.27 —
Humana HMO $852.24 —
Humana PPO $852.24 —
BCBS Traditional $900.35 —
Imagine Health PPO $900.35 —
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,028.97 —
Curative Administrators COMM $1,028.97 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,106.14 —
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,157.59 —
United GlobalAppendix $1,157.59 —
Averde Health Commercial $1,157.59 —
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,332.51 —
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,414.83 —
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,414.83 —
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $1,543.45 —
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,543.45 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,543.45 —
Independent Medical System COMM $1,543.45 —
Coastal Comp COMM $1,672.07 —
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $1,929.32 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,929.32 —
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,057.94 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,109.38 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,186.56 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,186.56 —
Physicians, INC COMM $2,186.56 —
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,315.18 —

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Neck (Cervical Spine) X-ray (4 to 5 views) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $693.35 $51.11 – $1,485.75
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $942.59 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $453.04 $53.80 – $566.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $499.47 $102.81 – $749.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $606.65 $53.80 – $758.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $453.04 $53.80 – $566.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $499.47 $57.57 – $749.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $499.47 $53.80 – $749.21

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