An fluoro guide for cvp 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.

$31.90 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,148.53 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 STAR $31.90
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $31.90
Superior Health Plan STARKids $31.90
Superior Health Plan CHIP $31.90
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $31.90
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $69.12
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $69.12
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $69.12
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $69.12
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $74.44
Amerigroup MGMCD $74.44
Cigna CSN $78.69
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $85.07
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $93.58
Cigna PPO $101.02
United OptionsPPO $107.40
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $126.01
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $126.01
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $127.61
BCBS MyBlueHealth $128.13
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $135.58
Molina Healthcare HIX $143.56
Evry Health BroadNetwork $145.15
CHC Harris Health Indigent $159.51
BCBS BAV $162.34
BCBS Traditional $186.09
Imagine Health PPO $186.09
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $212.68
Curative Administrators COMM $212.68
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $228.63
Averde Health Commercial $239.26
United GlobalAppendix $239.26
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $239.26
BCBS HMO $247.52
BCBS EPOSOA $265.72
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $265.85
Coventry National First Health COMM $283.39
BCBS PPO $283.92
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $292.43
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $292.43
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $319.01
Independent Medical System COMM $319.01
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $319.01
Beech Street WCOMP $319.01
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $319.01
Coastal Comp COMM $345.60
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $398.77
Beech Street COMMPPO $425.35
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $425.35
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $435.99
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $451.94
Physicians, INC COMM $451.94
Affiliated PPO COMM $478.52
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $478.52
Aetna QHPExchange $505.65
Aetna NBHMO $672.06
Aetna NBPPO $672.06
Aetna NBPOS $672.06
Aetna COMMPPO $714.91
Aetna COMMHMO $714.91
Aetna COMMPOS $714.91
Aetna OONPPO $840.61
Aetna OONHMO $840.61
Aetna OONPOS $840.61
Aetna ASAPOS $908.46
Aetna ASAPPO $908.46
Aetna ASAHMO $908.46
Humana PPO $1,148.53
Humana HMO $1,148.53

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An fluoro guide for cvp at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $2,285.33 $100.00 – $4,896.75
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $604.24 $145.60 – $856.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $549.76 $113.16 – $824.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $754.13 $150.83 – $942.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $604.24 $161.13 – $856.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $549.76 $176.47 – $824.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $549.76 $284.04 – $824.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $754.13 $244.61 – $1,131.20

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