Chest 2 vws w oblique 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.

$44.86 with Texas Health Network vs $2,135.72 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
Texas Health Network MCD $44.86
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $45.78
Amerigroup MGMCD $45.78
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $45.78
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $45.78
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $46.45
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $46.45
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $46.45
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $46.45
United MGMCD $47.38
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $50.17
Molina Healthcare CHIP $50.36
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $50.36
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $50.36
Molina Healthcare STAR $50.36
Humana MCD $57.23
Cigna CSN $115.06
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $124.52
Superior Health Plan STARKids $142.38
Superior Health Plan CHIP $142.38
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $142.38
Superior Health Plan STAR $142.38
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $142.38
Cigna PPO $148.02
Aetna QHPExchange $186.98
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
United SmallGroup $245.18
Aetna NBPOS $248.52
Aetna NBHMO $248.52
Aetna NBPPO $248.52
BCBS BAV $249.94
Aetna COMMHMO $264.36
Aetna COMMPPO $264.36
Aetna COMMPOS $264.36
Aetna OONPOS $310.85
Aetna OONPPO $310.85
Aetna OONHMO $310.85
Aetna ASAPPO $335.94
Aetna ASAHMO $335.94
Aetna ASAPOS $335.94
BCBS HMO $381.07
BCBS EPOSOA $409.09
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $417.65
BCBS PPO $437.11
Humana HMO $446.57
Humana PPO $446.57
United OptionsPPO $479.35
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $569.52
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $605.12
Evry Health BroadNetwork $647.83
BCBS Traditional $830.56
Imagine Health PPO $830.56
Curative Administrators COMM $949.21
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $949.21
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,020.40
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,067.86
Averde Health Commercial $1,067.86
United GlobalAppendix $1,067.86
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,186.51
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,264.82
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,305.16
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,305.16
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $1,423.81
Beech Street WCOMP $1,423.81
Independent Medical System COMM $1,423.81
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,423.81
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,423.81
Coastal Comp COMM $1,542.46
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $1,779.77
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,898.42
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,898.42
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,945.88
Physicians, INC COMM $2,017.07
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,017.07
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,135.72
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,135.72

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Chest 2 vws w oblique at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $747.95 $43.49 – $1,602.75
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $393.55 $45.78 – $491.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $377.06 $77.61 – $565.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $334.02 $45.78 – $417.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $393.55 $45.78 – $491.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $377.06 $48.98 – $565.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $377.06 $45.78 – $565.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $334.02 $45.78 – $501.03

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