Ankle arthroscopy/surgery 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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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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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.

$2,369.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $13,519.21 with BCBS — 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 STARKids $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $2,369.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2,369.00
Texas Health Network MCD $3,140.43
Amerigroup MGMCD $3,364.75
United MGMCD $3,438.58
Molina Healthcare CHIP $3,524.97
Molina Healthcare STAR $3,524.97
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $3,524.97
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $3,524.97
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3,589.06
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3,589.06
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3,589.06
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3,589.06
Aetna QHPExchange $3,744.00
Humana MCD $4,005.65
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $4,045.39
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $4,505.00
Humana PPO $4,690.00
Humana HMO $4,690.00
Aetna NBHMO $4,973.00
Aetna NBPPO $4,973.00
Aetna NBPOS $4,973.00
Aetna COMMPOS $5,284.00
Aetna COMMHMO $5,284.00
Aetna COMMPPO $5,284.00
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $5,350.00
Aetna OONHMO $6,217.00
Aetna OONPOS $6,217.00
Aetna OONPPO $6,217.00
United SmallGroup $6,300.00
Aetna ASAHMO $6,717.00
Aetna ASAPOS $6,717.00
Aetna ASAPPO $6,717.00
Averde Health Commercial $7,500.00
Cigna CSN $8,217.00
Curative Administrators COMM $8,778.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $8,903.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8,987.00
United AllPayerAppendix $9,000.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $9,124.00
Evry Health BroadNetwork $9,493.00
Oscar HIX $9,653.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10,408.59
Cigna PPO $10,586.00
Multiplan PRIMARYPPO $11,500.00
BCBS BAV $11,724.62
BCBS HMO $12,382.64
BCBS EPOSOA $12,980.83
BCBS PPO $13,519.21

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Ankle arthroscopy/surgery at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $8,334.74 $71.00 – $17,722.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $8,334.74 $71.00 – $17,722.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $8,334.74 $85.00 – $17,722.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $8,334.74 $3,204.52 – $17,722.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $8,334.74 $71.00 – $17,722.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $8,334.74 $71.00 – $17,722.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $8,334.74 $71.00 – $17,722.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $8,334.74 $71.00 – $17,722.46

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