Amino acid single qual 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

$675.29

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.

$675.29

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.

$11.67 with Texas Health Network vs $607.76 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 $11.67 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $11.91 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $11.91 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $11.91 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.91 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $11.91 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $11.91 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $11.91 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $11.91 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $12.15 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $12.86 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $13.10 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $13.10 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $13.10 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $13.10 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $13.90 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.18 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.18 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $14.18 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $14.18 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $14.18 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $14.18 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.18 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.18 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $14.18 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $14.18 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $14.18 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.18 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.18 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $14.18 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $14.18 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.18 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $14.18 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $14.18 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.18 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $14.25 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $14.32 ↓ -98%
United MCR $14.46 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $14.61 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $14.61 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $14.61 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $14.61 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $14.61 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $14.61 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $14.89 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $14.89 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $14.89 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $14.89 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $14.89 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $14.89 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $14.89 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $14.89 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $14.89 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $14.89 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $15.03 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $15.03 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $15.03 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $15.03 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $15.03 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $15.35 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $15.46 ↓ -98%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $16.31 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $17.02 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $18.43 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $20.56 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice HIX $20.56 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $21.98 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $21.98 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $28.08 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $28.64 ↓ -96%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $29.78 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $30.49 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $31.62 ↓ -95%
BCBS HMO $39.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $40.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $40.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $40.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $40.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $40.52 ↓ -94%
Oscar HIX $40.98 ↓ -94%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $41.62 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $42.40 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $45.23 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPExchange $51.96 ↓ -92%
Cigna CSN $58.54 ↓ -91%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $63.41 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPPO $69.10 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBHMO $69.10 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPOS $69.10 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPOS $73.41 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPPO $73.41 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMHMO $73.41 ↓ -89%
Cigna PPO $75.44 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONPPO $86.24 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONHMO $86.24 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPOS $86.24 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAPPO $93.25 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAHMO $93.25 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAPOS $93.25 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $118.85 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $136.41 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $162.07 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $184.35 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $185.35 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $185.35 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $236.35 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $236.35 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $290.37 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $303.88 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $303.88 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $303.88 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $337.64 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $359.93 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $371.41 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $371.41 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $405.17 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $405.17 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $405.17 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $405.17 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $405.17 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $438.94 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $506.47 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $540.23 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $540.23 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $553.74 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $574.00 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $574.00 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $607.76 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $607.76 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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