Application of paste boot 29580 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.

$32.46 with Texas Health Network vs $4,690.00 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
Texas Health Network MCD $32.46
Amerigroup MGMCD $34.78
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $36.43
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $36.43
Molina Healthcare STAR $36.43
Molina Healthcare CHIP $36.43
United MGMCD $37.73
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $39.38
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $39.38
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $39.38
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $39.38
Humana MCD $41.40
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $44.39
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $59.28
Superior Health Plan STARKids $59.28
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $59.28
Superior Health Plan CHIP $59.28
Superior Health Plan STAR $59.28
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $138.31
BCBS MyBlueHealth $161.03
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $173.88
BCBS BAV $177.83
United OptionsPPO $199.56
BCBS HMO $222.29
BCBS EPOSOA $227.23
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $234.14
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $234.14
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $237.11
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $251.92
Evry Health BroadNetwork $269.71
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Aetna NBPPO $317.13
Aetna NBHMO $317.13
Aetna NBPOS $317.13
Aetna COMMHMO $337.88
Aetna COMMPPO $337.88
Aetna COMMPOS $337.88
BCBS Traditional $345.78
Imagine Health PPO $345.78
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $395.18
Curative Administrators COMM $395.18
Aetna OONHMO $396.16
Aetna OONPPO $396.16
Aetna OONPOS $396.16
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $424.81
Aetna ASAPOS $427.78
Aetna ASAHMO $427.78
Aetna ASAPPO $427.78
BCBS PPO $430.64
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $444.57
United GlobalAppendix $444.57
Averde Health Commercial $444.57
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $493.97
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Coventry National First Health COMM $526.57
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $543.37
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $543.37
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $592.76
Independent Medical System COMM $592.76
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $592.76
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $592.76
Beech Street WCOMP $592.76
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Coastal Comp COMM $642.16
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $740.96
Beech Street COMMPPO $790.35
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $790.35
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $810.11
Physicians, INC COMM $839.75
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $839.75
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $889.15
Affiliated PPO COMM $889.15
United SmallGroup $1,120.00
United AllPayerAppendix $1,600.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,702.00
Oscar HIX $2,358.00
Cigna CSN $2,518.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,728.00
Cigna PPO $3,244.00
Humana HMO $4,690.00
Humana PPO $4,690.00

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Application of paste boot 29580 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $359.80 $411.00 – $513.75
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,062.85 $52.78 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $331.74 $33.12 – $414.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $444.71 $35.44 – $667.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $421.59 $33.12 – $526.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $331.74 $33.12 – $414.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $444.71 $35.44 – $667.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $444.71 $33.12 – $667.06

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