Bronchial challenge at HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST
6002 FAIRMONT PKWY, PASADENA, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1174576698
$4,156.77
Cash price 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.
$4,156.77
Gross charge 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.
$73.36 with BCBS vs $3,741.09 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $73.36 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BAV | $80.88 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | HMO | $101.26 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $104.71 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | PPO | $108.16 | ↓ -97% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $249.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $249.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $249.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $249.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $249.41 | ↓ -94% |
| Humana | PPO | $295.51 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | HMO | $295.51 | ↓ -93% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -88% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $540.38 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $540.38 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $540.38 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $540.38 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $581.95 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $581.95 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | CSN | $615.20 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $665.08 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $731.59 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | PPO | $789.79 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $810.57 | ↓ -81% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $839.67 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $985.15 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $985.15 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $997.62 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,059.98 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,101.54 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $1,134.80 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,334.32 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,334.32 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,334.32 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,421.62 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,421.62 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,421.62 | ↓ -66% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $1,454.87 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,454.87 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,662.71 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,662.71 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,666.86 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,666.86 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,666.86 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $1,787.41 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,799.88 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,799.88 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,799.88 | ↓ -57% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $1,870.55 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $1,870.55 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,870.55 | ↓ -55% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $2,078.39 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $2,215.56 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $2,286.22 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $2,286.22 | ↓ -45% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $2,494.06 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $2,494.06 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $2,494.06 | ↓ -40% |
| Prime Health Services | WORKERSCOMP | $2,494.06 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $2,494.06 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $2,701.90 | ↓ -35% |
| Fiesta Mart, Inc | COMM | $3,117.58 | ↓ -25% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $3,325.42 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $3,325.42 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $3,408.55 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $3,533.25 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $3,533.25 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $3,741.09 | ↓ -10% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $3,741.09 | ↓ -10% |
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Bronchial challenge at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $979.35 | $96.24 – $1,224.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,135.26 | $94.68 – $1,702.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,105.33 | $94.68 – $1,381.66 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $979.35 | $73.36 – $1,224.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,135.26 | $115.68 – $1,702.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,135.26 | $586.55 – $1,702.89 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,105.33 | $94.68 – $1,658.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $979.35 | $96.24 – $1,224.19 |