CMS Price Transparency Data

X-ray, chest (two views)

Facility: HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake

Billing Code: 71046 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$147

about 1.7× the $89 Medicare rate · typically $88–$176

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$140

About the fair price

about $7 under the fair price · 1.6× Medicare

Medicare pays $89 Fair price $147 This hospital $140 Cash price $2,022 Hospital's list price $2,022

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How this hospital compares to other TX hospitals

Highest price of the 9 TX hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $19 Priciest $140

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 TX hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a X-ray, chest (two views) is about $147 (about 1.7× the $89 Medicare rate). HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake charges insurers about $140, or about $2,022 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Webster, TX.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$34 - $910	38%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$140 - $708	157%
Aetnamajor	$36 - $247	40%
Cignamajor	$85 - $1,617	96%
Humanamajor	$42 - $341	47%
Amerigroup	$34	38%
Fidelis Care	$910	1024%
Health Net	$33	37%
Healthcare Highways	$516	580%
Molina	$37	42%
+ 16 smaller / regional plans	$34 - $1,718

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

Excludes 7 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 2,022), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 71046.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 71046.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Other Procedures at HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake

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Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.