X-ray cervical spine 2-3 views at HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST

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

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,802.06

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.

$1,802.06

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.

$38.96 with Texas Health Network vs $1,621.85 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.

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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 $38.96 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $39.76 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $39.76 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $39.76 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $39.76 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $39.76 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $39.76 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $39.76 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $39.76 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $40.56 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $42.94 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $43.74 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $43.74 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $43.74 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $43.74 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $49.70 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $105.33 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $108.12 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $108.12 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $108.12 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $108.12 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $108.12 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $114.00 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $135.51 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71 ↓ -91%
Aetna QHPExchange $171.05 ↓ -91%
BCBS BAV $177.98 ↓ -90%
United SmallGroup $182.03 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPOS $227.35 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBHMO $227.35 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPPO $227.35 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMHMO $241.84 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPPO $241.84 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPOS $241.84 ↓ -87%
BCBS HMO $271.35 ↓ -85%
Aetna OONHMO $284.36 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONPPO $284.36 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONPOS $284.36 ↓ -84%
BCBS EPOSOA $291.31 ↓ -84%
Aetna ASAPPO $307.32 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPOS $307.32 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAHMO $307.32 ↓ -83%
BCBS PPO $311.26 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $317.16 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $364.02 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $384.19 ↓ -79%
Humana PPO $384.19 ↓ -79%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $432.49 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $459.53 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $491.96 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $630.72 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $630.72 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $720.82 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $720.82 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $774.89 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $810.93 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $810.93 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $810.93 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $901.03 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $960.50 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $991.13 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $991.13 ↓ -45%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $1,081.24 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,081.24 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,081.24 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,081.24 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,081.24 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,171.34 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $1,351.55 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,441.65 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,441.65 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,477.69 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,531.75 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,531.75 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,621.85 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,621.85 ↓ -10%

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X-ray cervical spine 2-3 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $513.10 $37.77 – $1,099.50
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $735.88 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $325.79 $39.76 – $407.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $378.40 $77.89 – $567.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $418.55 $39.76 – $523.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $325.79 $39.76 – $407.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $378.40 $42.54 – $567.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $378.40 $39.76 – $567.60

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