Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml 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.

$52.45 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $946.69 with Multiplan — 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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $52.45
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $52.45
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $52.45
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $52.45
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $53.08
United MGMCD $53.50
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $56.65
Superior Health Plan CHIP $63.11
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $63.11
Superior Health Plan STARKids $63.11
Superior Health Plan STAR $63.11
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $63.11
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $87.58
United SmallGroup $87.58
United AllPayerAppendix $87.58
Cigna CSN $114.93
BCBS MyBlueHealth $121.93
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $124.42
BCBS BAV $134.37
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $147.26
Amerigroup MGMCD $147.26
Cigna PPO $148.17
BCBS EPOSOA $167.97
BCBS PPO $167.97
BCBS HMO $167.97
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $185.13
United OptionsPPO $212.48
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $249.30
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $249.30
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $252.45
Aetna QHPExchange $255.85
Aetna NBHMO $340.24
Aetna NBPOS $340.24
Aetna NBPPO $340.24
Aetna COMMHMO $361.47
Aetna COMMPOS $361.47
Aetna COMMPPO $361.47
BCBS Traditional $368.16
Aetna OONPPO $424.64
Aetna OONHMO $424.64
Aetna OONPOS $424.64
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $452.31
Aetna ASAHMO $459.14
Aetna ASAPPO $459.14
Aetna ASAPOS $459.14
United GlobalAppendix $473.35
Humana HMO $510.86
Humana PPO $510.86
Coventry National First Health COMM $560.65
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $578.53
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $578.53
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $631.13
Beech Street WCOMP $631.13
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $631.13
Independent Medical System COMM $631.13
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $631.13
Coastal Comp COMM $683.72
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $788.91
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $841.50
Beech Street COMMPPO $841.50
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $862.54
Physicians, INC COMM $894.10
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $894.10
Affiliated PPO COMM $946.69
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $946.69

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Albumin (human), 5%, 250 ml at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,229.57 $239.51 – $4,826.69
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $145.15 $52.45 – $510.86
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $2,717.27 $52.45 – $510.86
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $1,587.43 $52.45 – $510.86
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $18.20 $4.21 – $33.00
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $2,269.56 $52.45 – $510.86
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $18.20 $5.61 – $33.00
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $97.92 $41.97 – $181.84

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