Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) 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

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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.

$85.47 with Texas Health Network vs $2,986.84 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 $85.47
Amerigroup MGMCD $87.21
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $87.21
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $87.21
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $87.21
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $88.55
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $88.55
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $88.55
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $88.55
United MGMCD $90.32
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $95.63
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $95.93
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $95.93
Molina Healthcare CHIP $95.93
Molina Healthcare STAR $95.93
Humana MCD $109.01
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $199.12
Superior Health Plan CHIP $199.12
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $199.12
Superior Health Plan STAR $199.12
Superior Health Plan STARKids $199.12
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
United SmallGroup $245.18
BCBS BAV $249.94
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Aetna QHPExchange $358.25
BCBS HMO $381.07
BCBS EPOSOA $409.09
BCBS PPO $437.11
Aetna NBPPO $476.15
Aetna NBHMO $476.15
Aetna NBPOS $476.15
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Aetna COMMPPO $506.51
Aetna COMMPOS $506.51
Aetna COMMHMO $506.51
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $584.09
Aetna OONPPO $595.56
Aetna OONHMO $595.56
Aetna OONPOS $595.56
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Aetna ASAPOS $643.63
Aetna ASAPPO $643.63
Aetna ASAHMO $643.63
United OptionsPPO $670.38
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $796.49
Evry Health BroadNetwork $906.01
Humana HMO $1,059.00
Humana PPO $1,059.00
BCBS Traditional $1,161.55
Imagine Health PPO $1,161.55
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,327.48
Curative Administrators COMM $1,327.48
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,427.05
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,493.42
Averde Health Commercial $1,493.42
United GlobalAppendix $1,493.42
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,659.36
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,768.87
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,825.29
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,825.29
Independent Medical System COMM $1,991.23
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,991.23
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $1,991.23
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,991.23
Beech Street WCOMP $1,991.23
Coastal Comp COMM $2,157.16
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $2,489.03
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,654.97
Beech Street COMMPPO $2,654.97
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,721.34
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,820.90
Physicians, INC COMM $2,820.90
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,986.84
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,986.84

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Abdominal Ultrasound (limited) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $926.45 $82.85 – $1,985.25
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,242.44 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $629.42 $87.21 – $786.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $671.72 $138.26 – $1,007.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $604.43 $87.21 – $755.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $629.42 $87.21 – $786.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $671.72 $93.31 – $1,007.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $671.72 $87.21 – $1,007.59

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