Brace back epic tslo 456 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.

$713.86 with Oscar vs $9,452.09 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
Oscar MGMCR $713.86
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $728.43
Amerigroup DualEligible $728.43
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $728.43
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $728.43
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $728.43
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $728.43
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $728.43
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $728.43
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $728.43
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $728.43
Devoted Health MGMCR $728.43
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $728.43
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $728.43
CHC Harris Health Indigent $728.43
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $728.43
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $728.43
BCBS MCRPPO $728.43
WellMed MGMCR $732.07
Van Lang IPA MCR $735.71
United MCR $743.00
WellCare PFFS $750.28
WellCare PPO $750.28
WellCare SNP $750.28
WellCare POS $750.28
WellCare MCRHMO $750.28
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $750.28
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $764.85
Superior Health Plan PFFS $764.85
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $764.85
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $764.85
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $764.85
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $764.85
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $764.85
American Health Plan MGMCR $764.85
Shared Health MGMCR $764.85
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $772.14
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $772.14
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $772.14
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $772.14
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $772.14
Molina MGMCR $793.99
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $837.69
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $874.12
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $946.96
Community Health Choice HIX $1,056.22
Superior ValueHMO $1,056.22
Superior EPO $1,129.07
Superior HMO $1,129.07
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,442.29
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $1,529.70
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,566.12
Humana PPO $9,452.09
Humana HMO $9,452.09

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Brace back epic tslo 456 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $713.86 – $1,566.12
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $713.86 – $1,566.12
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $713.86 – $1,566.12
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $713.86 – $1,566.12
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $713.86 – $1,566.12
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $713.86 – $1,566.12
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $713.86 – $1,566.12
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $728.43 – $768.49

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