Carbon dioxide 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

$870.63

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.

$870.63

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.

$4.02 with Texas Health Network vs $783.57 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
Texas Health Network MCD $4.02 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4.10 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.10 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $4.10 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4.10 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.10 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.10 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.10 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.10 ↓ -100%
United MGMCD $4.18 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $4.43 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $4.51 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $4.51 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $4.51 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $4.51 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $4.78 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $4.88 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.88 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.88 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $4.88 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $4.88 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.88 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $4.88 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.88 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.88 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $4.88 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.88 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $4.88 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $4.88 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $4.88 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $4.88 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.88 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.88 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $4.88 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $4.88 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $4.90 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $4.93 ↓ -99%
United MCR $4.98 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $5.03 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $5.03 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $5.03 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $5.03 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $5.03 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $5.03 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $5.12 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $5.12 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $5.12 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $5.12 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $5.12 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $5.12 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $5.12 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $5.12 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $5.12 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $5.13 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $5.17 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $5.17 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $5.17 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $5.17 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $5.17 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5.28 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $5.32 ↓ -99%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $5.61 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.86 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $6.34 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $7.08 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $7.08 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $7.56 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $7.56 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.66 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9.86 ↓ -99%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $10.25 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare HIX $10.49 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $10.88 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $13.62 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $14.10 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $14.59 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $14.65 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $15.57 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPExchange $17.88 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $19.53 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $21.15 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPPO $23.78 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBHMO $23.78 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBPOS $23.78 ↓ -97%
Cigna PPO $25.17 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMPPO $25.27 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMPOS $25.27 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMHMO $25.27 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPPO $29.68 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONHMO $29.68 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPOS $29.68 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAHMO $32.09 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASAPPO $32.09 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASAPOS $32.09 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $52.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $52.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $52.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $52.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $52.24 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $65.24 ↓ -93%
Humana HMO $65.24 ↓ -93%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $153.23 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $175.87 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $208.95 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $237.68 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $304.72 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $304.72 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $374.37 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $391.78 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $391.78 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $391.78 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $435.31 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $464.05 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $478.85 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $478.85 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $522.38 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $522.38 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $522.38 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $522.38 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $522.38 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $565.91 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $652.97 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $696.50 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $696.50 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $713.92 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $740.04 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $740.04 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $783.57 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $783.57 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $47.00 $4.10 – $58.75
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