Assay of phenylketones 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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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.

$3.27 with Texas Health Network vs $48.91 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 $3.27
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3.34
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.34
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3.34
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $3.34
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.34
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.34
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.34
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.34
United MGMCD $3.41
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $3.61
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $3.67
Molina Healthcare CHIP $3.67
Molina Healthcare STAR $3.67
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $3.67
Oscar MGMCR $3.90
United SmallGroup $3.98
Amerigroup DualEligible $3.98
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $3.98
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $3.98
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $3.98
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.98
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $3.98
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $3.98
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $3.98
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $3.98
CHC Harris Health Indigent $3.98
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.98
BCBS MCRPPO $3.98
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $3.98
Devoted Health MGMCR $3.98
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $3.98
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $3.98
United AllPayerAppendix $3.98
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.98
WellMed MGMCR $4.00
Van Lang IPA MCR $4.02
United MCR $4.06
WellCare PPO $4.10
WellCare MCRHMO $4.10
WellCare POS $4.10
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $4.10
WellCare PFFS $4.10
WellCare SNP $4.10
Humana MCD $4.17
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $4.18
American Health Plan MGMCR $4.18
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $4.18
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $4.18
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $4.18
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $4.18
Superior Health Plan PFFS $4.18
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $4.18
Shared Health MGMCR $4.18
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $4.22
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $4.22
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $4.22
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $4.22
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $4.22
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4.31
Molina MGMCR $4.34
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $4.58
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $4.78
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $5.17
Community Health Choice HIX $5.77
Superior ValueHMO $5.77
Superior HMO $6.17
Superior EPO $6.17
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7.88
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.04
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $8.36
Molina Healthcare HIX $8.56
BCBS BAV $8.88
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $10.99
BCBS HMO $11.10
Oscar HIX $11.50
BCBS EPOSOA $11.90
BCBS PPO $12.70
Aetna QHPExchange $14.56
Cigna CSN $16.71
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $18.10
Aetna NBPPO $19.36
Aetna NBHMO $19.36
Aetna NBPOS $19.36
Aetna COMMPOS $20.57
Aetna COMMHMO $20.57
Aetna COMMPPO $20.57
Cigna PPO $21.54
Aetna OONHMO $24.16
Aetna OONPOS $24.16
Aetna OONPPO $24.16
Aetna ASAPPO $26.12
Aetna ASAPOS $26.12
Aetna ASAHMO $26.12
Humana PPO $48.91
Humana HMO $48.91
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Assay of phenylketones at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $5.42 $1.12 – $9.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $5.42 $3.34 – $9.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $5.42 $3.57 – $9.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $5.42 $3.34 – $9.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $5.42 $3.34 – $9.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $5.42 $2.98 – $9.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $5.42 $3.16 – $9.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $5.42 $3.34 – $20.58

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