Budesonide non-comp unit 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

$67.60

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$67.60

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.

$1.19 with Christus (USFHP) vs $60.84 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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1.19 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1.73 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $1.73 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $1.73 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $3.10 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3.35 ↓ -95%
Cigna PPO $3.99 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $4.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $4.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $4.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $4.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $4.06 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $8.79 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $8.79 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $8.79 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $8.79 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $9.46 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.46 ↓ -86%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11.05 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $11.90 ↓ -82%
BCBS BAV $12.18 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $13.66 ↓ -80%
BCBS EPOSOA $15.23 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $15.23 ↓ -77%
BCBS HMO $15.23 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $16.02 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $16.02 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $16.22 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $18.25 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $20.28 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $22.01 ↓ -67%
Humana HMO $22.01 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $23.66 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $29.07 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $30.42 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $36.03 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $37.18 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $37.18 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $40.56 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $40.56 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $40.56 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $40.56 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $40.56 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $43.94 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $50.70 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $54.08 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $54.08 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $55.43 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $57.46 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $57.46 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $60.84 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $60.84 ↓ -10%

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Budesonide non-comp unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $73.03 $3.84 – $22.52
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $73.03 $3.84 – $29.28
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $84.45 $20.92 – $20.92
Covenant Hospital Levelland Levelland $38.63 $20.92 – $20.92
Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock $73.03 not published
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $21.71 – $21.71
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $1.19 – $22.01
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1.19 – $22.01

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