Acetylcysteine non-comp unit 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

$34.92

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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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$34.92

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.

$2.10 with Superior Health Plan vs $65.55 with Humana — 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.10 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $2.10 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.10 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2.10 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.10 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3.00 ↓ -91%
BCBS BAV $3.30 ↓ -91%
BCBS PPO $4.13 ↓ -88%
BCBS EPOSOA $4.13 ↓ -88%
BCBS HMO $4.13 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.54 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.54 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.54 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.54 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.89 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $4.89 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $6.15 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $7.05 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $8.28 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $8.28 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $8.38 ↓ -76%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $8.44 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $9.43 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $10.48 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $12.22 ↓ -65%
United SmallGroup $13.96 ↓ -60%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.96 ↓ -60%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.96 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $15.02 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $15.71 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $18.61 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $19.21 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $19.21 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $20.95 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $20.95 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $20.95 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $20.95 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $20.95 ↓ -40%
Cigna CSN $21.51 ↓ -38%
Coastal Comp COMM $22.70 ↓ -35%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $23.29 ↓ -33%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $26.19 ↓ -25%
Cigna PPO $27.74 ↓ -21%
Beech Street COMMPPO $27.94 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $27.94 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $28.63 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $29.68 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $29.68 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $31.43 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $31.43 ↓ -10%
Humana HMO $65.55 ↑ +88%
Humana PPO $65.55 ↑ +88%

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Acetylcysteine non-comp unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $102.06 $3.00 – $65.55
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $56.41 $3.00 – $65.55
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $4.62 $0.27 – $1.19
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $2.52 $3.27 – $15.11
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $4.62 $0.27 – $1.19
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $4.62 $0.27 – $1.19
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $4.62 $0.27 – $1.19
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $29.04 $3.43 – $40.43

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