Abdominal X-ray Series (acute, with chest view) at HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST
6002 FAIRMONT PKWY, PASADENA, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1174576698
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Cash price 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 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.
$49.13 with Texas Health Network vs $1,884.22 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Texas Health Network | MCD | $49.13 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $50.13 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $50.13 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $50.13 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $50.13 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $50.13 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $51.13 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $54.14 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $55.14 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $55.14 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $55.14 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $55.14 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $62.66 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $75.20 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $75.20 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $75.20 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $125.61 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $125.61 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $125.61 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $125.61 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $125.61 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $125.99 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $136.35 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $162.09 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $197.26 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $207.04 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $245.18 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $249.94 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $287.52 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $287.52 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $287.52 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $305.93 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $305.93 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $305.93 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $359.70 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $359.70 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $359.70 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $381.07 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $388.92 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $388.92 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $388.92 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $409.09 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $422.90 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $437.11 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $502.46 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $533.86 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $571.55 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $693.60 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $693.60 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $732.75 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $732.75 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $837.43 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $837.43 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $900.24 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $942.11 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $942.11 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $942.11 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,084.47 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,151.47 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,151.47 | — |
| Prime Health Services | WORKERSCOMP | $1,256.15 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,256.15 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,256.15 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,256.15 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,360.83 | — |
| Fiesta Mart, Inc | COMM | $1,570.18 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $1,570.18 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $1,674.86 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,716.74 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $1,779.54 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $1,779.54 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $1,779.54 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,884.22 | — |
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Abdominal X-ray Series (acute, with chest view) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $568.75 | $47.62 – $1,218.75 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $920.90 | $431.51 – $431.51 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $418.63 | $50.13 – $523.29 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $418.63 | $86.17 – $627.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $468.03 | $50.13 – $585.04 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $418.63 | $50.13 – $523.29 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $418.63 | $53.64 – $627.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $418.63 | $50.13 – $627.95 |