Cardiac drug stress test 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

$1,529.46

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.

$1,529.46

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.

$91.77 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,376.51 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
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $91.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $91.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $91.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $91.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $91.77 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $198.83 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $198.83 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $198.83 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $198.83 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $214.12 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $214.12 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $226.36 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $244.71 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $269.18 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $290.60 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $298.24 ↓ -81%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $308.95 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $362.48 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $362.48 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $367.07 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $390.01 ↓ -75%
Aetna QHPExchange $405.31 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $417.54 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $490.96 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $490.96 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $490.96 ↓ -68%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -67%
Humana PPO $505.51 ↓ -67%
Humana HMO $505.51 ↓ -67%
Aetna COMMPPO $523.08 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $523.08 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $523.08 ↓ -66%
Imagine Health PPO $535.31 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $535.31 ↓ -65%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -61%
Curative Administrators COMM $611.78 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $611.78 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $613.31 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $613.31 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $613.31 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $657.67 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $662.26 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $662.26 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $662.26 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $688.26 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $688.26 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $688.26 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $764.73 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $815.20 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $841.20 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $841.20 ↓ -45%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $850.80 ↓ -44%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $917.68 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $917.68 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $917.68 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $917.68 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $917.68 ↓ -40%
BCBS BAV $938.06 ↓ -39%
Coastal Comp COMM $994.15 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $1,147.10 ↓ -25%
BCBS HMO $1,174.40 ↓ -23%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,214.39 ↓ -21%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,223.57 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,223.57 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,254.16 ↓ -18%
BCBS PPO $1,254.39 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,300.04 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,300.04 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,376.51 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,376.51 ↓ -10%

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