Artery x-rays lung 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

$12,061.50

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.

$12,061.50

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.

$132.29 with Texas Health Network vs $10,855.35 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 $132.29 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $134.99 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $134.99 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $134.99 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $134.99 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $134.99 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $134.99 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $134.99 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $134.99 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $137.69 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $145.79 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $148.49 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $148.49 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $148.49 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $148.49 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $163.64 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $168.74 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $207.35 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $299.30 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $316.13 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $323.91 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $339.38 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $362.62 ↓ -97%
Cigna PPO $385.04 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPExchange $481.51 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBHMO $639.97 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPOS $639.97 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPPO $639.97 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMHMO $680.78 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $680.78 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPOS $680.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $723.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $723.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $723.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $723.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $723.69 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONHMO $800.48 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPOS $800.48 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPPO $800.48 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPOS $865.09 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPPO $865.09 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAHMO $865.09 ↓ -93%
Humana PPO $1,681.94 ↓ -86%
Humana HMO $1,681.94 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,122.82 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $2,436.42 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $2,894.76 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $3,075.68 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $3,292.79 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $4,221.52 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $4,221.52 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $4,824.60 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,824.60 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $5,186.44 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $5,427.68 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $5,427.68 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $5,427.68 ↓ -55%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5,437.15 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $6,030.75 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $6,428.78 ↓ -47%
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74 ↓ -47%
United SmallGroup $6,438.74 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $6,633.82 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $6,633.82 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $7,236.90 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $7,236.90 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $7,236.90 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,236.90 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $7,236.90 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $7,839.98 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $9,046.13 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $9,649.20 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $9,649.20 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $9,890.43 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $10,252.27 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $10,252.27 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $10,855.35 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $10,855.35 ↓ -10%

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Artery x-rays lung at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $1,064.35 $128.24 – $2,280.75
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,704.33 $134.99 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,168.15 $312.41 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,079.54 $134.99 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,704.33 $134.99 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,168.15 $144.44 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,168.15 $134.99 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,079.54 $134.99 – $7,896.23

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