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What hospitals charge when you pay cash — from their own price files

Every US hospital must publish a file with its prices. The files are huge and unreadable, and the part that matters — the rates insurers actually negotiated — is buried under the list prices. We read them and put the numbers side by side.

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In Houston, the same brain MRI is listed at these two cash prices:

$232
Harris Health Ben Taub Hospital
$32,113
HCA Houston Healthcare Conroe
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Cities

Houston, TXHCA Healthcare, Harris Health, Houston Methodist, Memorial Hermann, St. Luke's HealthDallas–Fort Worth, TXBaylor Scott & White Health, Methodist Health System, Parkland Health, Texas Health Resources, UT Southwestern Medical CenterSan Antonio, TXBaptist Health System, CHRISTUS Health, Methodist Healthcare, University HealthPhoenix, AZBanner Health, Dignity Health, HonorHealth, Valleywise HealthAustin, TXAscension Seton, Baylor Scott & White Health, CHRISTUS Health, St. David's HealthCare

Popular comparisons in Houston

MRI cost in HoustonCash $232–$37,348CT scan cost in HoustonCash $102–$38,564X-ray cost in HoustonCash $84–$3,837Ultrasound cost in HoustonCash $102–$9,151Mammogram cost in HoustonCash $82–$4,554Bone density test (DEXA) cost in HoustonCash $102–$2,568Lab tests cost in HoustonCash $3–$6,453ER visit cost in HoustonCash $266–$9,731

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