Bundled special stain group 2 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.

$4.66 with Superior Health Plan vs $602.35 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
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $4.66
Superior Health Plan CHIP $4.66
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $4.66
Superior Health Plan STARKids $4.66
Superior Health Plan STAR $4.66
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $10.10
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $10.10
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $10.10
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $10.10
Amerigroup MGMCD $10.88
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $10.88
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $13.67
Oscar HIX $15.15
United OptionsPPO $15.69
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $18.41
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $18.41
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $18.64
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $19.81
Evry Health BroadNetwork $21.21
BCBS Traditional $27.19
Imagine Health PPO $27.19
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $31.07
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $33.40
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $33.84
United SmallGroup $33.84
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84
United GlobalAppendix $34.96
Averde Health Commercial $34.96
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $34.96
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $38.84
Coventry National First Health COMM $41.40
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $42.72
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $42.72
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $46.61
Independent Medical System COMM $46.61
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $46.61
Beech Street WCOMP $46.61
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $46.61
Coastal Comp COMM $50.49
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $58.26
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $62.14
Beech Street COMMPPO $62.14
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $63.70
Physicians, INC COMM $66.03
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $66.03
BCBS MyBlueHealth $67.53
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $69.91
Affiliated PPO COMM $69.91
BCBS BAV $74.55
BCBS HMO $93.27
BCBS EPOSOA $99.96
BCBS PPO $106.64
Aetna QHPExchange $264.62
Cigna CSN $291.06
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $315.26
Aetna NBPOS $351.91
Aetna NBPPO $351.91
Aetna NBHMO $351.91
Aetna COMMPOS $373.87
Aetna COMMPPO $373.87
Aetna COMMHMO $373.87
Cigna PPO $375.09
Aetna OONHMO $439.20
Aetna OONPOS $439.20
Aetna OONPPO $439.20
Aetna ASAPPO $474.88
Aetna ASAPOS $474.88
Aetna ASAHMO $474.88
Humana HMO $602.35
Humana PPO $602.35
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $306.90 $35.00 – $287.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $306.90 $36.00 – $265.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $306.90 $34.41 – $215.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $306.90 $35.00 – $287.35
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