Brain image 4+ views 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

$7,298.57

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.

$7,298.57

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.

$185.33 with Texas Health Network vs $6,568.71 with Multiplan — 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 $185.33 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $189.11 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $189.11 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $189.11 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $189.11 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $196.14 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $196.14 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $196.14 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $196.14 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $200.06 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $208.02 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $208.02 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $208.02 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $208.02 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $211.83 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $236.39 ↓ -97%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $315.87 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $400.22 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $437.91 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $437.91 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $437.91 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $437.91 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $437.91 ↓ -94%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -93%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -92%
BCBS HMO $610.20 ↓ -92%
BCBS EPOSOA $655.07 ↓ -91%
BCBS PPO $699.93 ↓ -90%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $929.86 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHPExchange $982.92 ↓ -87%
United SmallGroup $1,101.15 ↓ -85%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,284.55 ↓ -82%
Aetna NBPOS $1,306.39 ↓ -82%
Aetna NBHMO $1,306.39 ↓ -82%
Aetna NBPPO $1,306.39 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,389.69 ↓ -81%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,389.69 ↓ -81%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,389.69 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $1,474.31 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONHMO $1,634.03 ↓ -78%
Aetna OONPOS $1,634.03 ↓ -78%
Aetna OONPPO $1,634.03 ↓ -78%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,751.66 ↓ -76%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,765.92 ↓ -76%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,765.92 ↓ -76%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,765.92 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,861.14 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,992.51 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $2,328.97 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $2,328.97 ↓ -68%
Imagine Health PPO $2,554.50 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $2,554.50 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,919.43 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,919.43 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $3,138.39 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $3,284.36 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $3,284.36 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $3,284.36 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $3,649.28 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,890.14 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $4,014.21 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $4,014.21 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $4,379.14 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,379.14 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $4,379.14 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $4,379.14 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $4,379.14 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $4,744.07 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $5,473.93 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $5,838.86 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $5,838.86 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,984.83 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $6,203.78 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $6,203.78 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $6,568.71 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $6,568.71 ↓ -10%

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