Amino acid screen, urine 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.
$11.42 with Texas Health Network vs $185.35 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $11.42 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $11.65 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $11.65 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $11.65 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $11.65 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $11.65 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $11.65 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $11.65 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $11.65 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $11.88 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $12.58 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $12.82 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $12.82 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $12.82 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $12.82 | — |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $13.59 | — |
| Kelsey Seybold | MGMCR | $13.87 | — |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $13.87 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $13.87 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $13.87 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $13.87 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $13.87 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $13.87 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | MCR | $13.87 | — |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | COMM | $13.87 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $13.87 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $13.87 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $13.87 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $13.87 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $13.87 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $13.87 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $13.87 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $13.87 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $13.87 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $13.87 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $13.94 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $14.01 | — |
| United | MCR | $14.15 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $14.29 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $14.29 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $14.29 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $14.29 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $14.29 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $14.29 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $14.56 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $14.56 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $14.56 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $14.56 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $14.56 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $14.56 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $14.56 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $14.56 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $14.56 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $14.56 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $14.70 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $14.70 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $14.70 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $14.70 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $14.70 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $15.01 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $15.12 | — |
| Kindred Hospital | MGMCR | $15.95 | — |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $16.64 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCRSkilledNursing | $18.03 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $20.11 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $20.11 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $21.50 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $21.50 | — |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $27.46 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $28.02 | — |
| OMNI Healthcare | WORKERSCOMP | $29.13 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $29.82 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $30.93 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $38.70 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $40.08 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $41.47 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $41.62 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $44.25 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $50.80 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $57.16 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $61.91 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $67.56 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $67.56 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $67.56 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $71.78 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $71.78 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $71.78 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $73.66 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $84.32 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $84.32 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $84.32 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $91.17 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $91.17 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $91.17 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $185.35 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $185.35 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Amino acid screen, urine at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $141.44 | $11.07 – $303.08 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $159.39 | $10.00 – $199.24 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $138.60 | $12.00 – $207.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $138.60 | $11.65 – $173.25 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $159.39 | $10.00 – $199.24 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $138.60 | $12.00 – $207.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $138.60 | $8.00 – $207.90 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $159.39 | $10.00 – $199.24 |