Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen 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

$589.14

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.

$589.14

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.

$6.41 with Texas Health Network vs $530.23 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 $6.41 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $6.54 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.54 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $6.54 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $6.54 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $6.54 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $6.54 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $6.54 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $6.54 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $6.67 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $7.06 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $7.19 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $7.19 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $7.19 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $7.19 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $7.62 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $7.78 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $7.78 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $7.78 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $7.78 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $7.78 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $7.78 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $7.78 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $7.78 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $7.78 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $7.78 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $7.78 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $7.78 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $7.78 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $7.78 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $7.78 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $7.78 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $7.78 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $7.78 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $7.78 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $7.82 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $7.86 ↓ -99%
United MCR $7.94 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $8.01 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $8.01 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $8.01 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $8.01 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $8.01 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $8.01 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $8.17 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $8.17 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $8.17 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $8.17 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $8.17 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $8.17 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $8.17 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $8.17 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $8.17 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $8.18 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $8.25 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $8.25 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $8.25 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $8.25 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $8.25 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $8.42 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $8.48 ↓ -99%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $8.95 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $9.34 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $10.11 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $11.28 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $11.28 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $12.06 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $12.06 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $15.40 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $15.72 ↓ -97%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $16.34 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare HIX $16.73 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $17.35 ↓ -97%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $18.91 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $21.71 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $22.48 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $23.26 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $24.82 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $28.49 ↓ -95%
Cigna CSN $32.04 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $34.71 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $35.35 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $35.35 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $35.35 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $35.35 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $35.35 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPOS $37.88 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPPO $37.88 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBHMO $37.88 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPOS $40.25 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMHMO $40.25 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMPPO $40.25 ↓ -93%
Cigna PPO $41.29 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPPO $47.28 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONHMO $47.28 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPOS $47.28 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAHMO $51.12 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAPPO $51.12 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAPOS $51.12 ↓ -91%
Humana HMO $84.18 ↓ -86%
Humana PPO $84.18 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $103.69 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $119.01 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $141.39 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $160.84 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $206.20 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $206.20 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $253.33 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $265.11 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $265.11 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $265.11 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $294.57 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $314.01 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $324.03 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $324.03 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $353.48 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $353.48 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $353.48 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $353.48 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $353.48 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $382.94 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $441.86 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $471.31 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $471.31 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $483.09 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $500.77 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $500.77 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $530.23 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $530.23 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $58.59 $6.21 – $125.55
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $61.52 $6.08 – $18.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $58.98 $2.08 – $18.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $61.52 $6.54 – $18.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $61.52 $6.54 – $18.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $58.98 $7.00 – $18.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $58.98 $6.54 – $18.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $61.52 $6.54 – $18.67

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