Cholesterol 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

$1,027.54

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.

$1,027.54

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.

$3.58 with Texas Health Network vs $924.79 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 $3.58 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.65 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $3.65 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.65 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3.65 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3.65 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.65 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.65 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.65 ↓ -100%
United MGMCD $3.72 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $3.94 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STAR $4.02 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $4.02 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $4.02 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $4.02 ↓ -100%
Oscar MGMCR $4.26 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $4.35 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.35 ↓ -100%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.35 ↓ -100%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $4.35 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.35 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $4.35 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $4.35 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.35 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.35 ↓ -100%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $4.35 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.35 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health MGMCR $4.35 ↓ -100%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $4.35 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $4.35 ↓ -100%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $4.35 ↓ -100%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $4.35 ↓ -100%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.35 ↓ -100%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.35 ↓ -100%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $4.35 ↓ -100%
WellMed MGMCR $4.37 ↓ -100%
Van Lang IPA MCR $4.39 ↓ -100%
United MCR $4.44 ↓ -100%
WellCare SNP $4.48 ↓ -100%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $4.48 ↓ -100%
WellCare PPO $4.48 ↓ -100%
WellCare POS $4.48 ↓ -100%
WellCare PFFS $4.48 ↓ -100%
WellCare MCRHMO $4.48 ↓ -100%
Humana MCD $4.56 ↓ -100%
American Health Plan MGMCR $4.57 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $4.57 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $4.57 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $4.57 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $4.57 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $4.57 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $4.57 ↓ -100%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $4.57 ↓ -100%
Shared Health MGMCR $4.57 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $4.61 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $4.61 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $4.61 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $4.61 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $4.61 ↓ -100%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4.71 ↓ -100%
Molina MGMCR $4.74 ↓ -100%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $5.00 ↓ -100%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.22 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $5.65 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $6.31 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $6.31 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $6.74 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $6.74 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $8.61 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.79 ↓ -99%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $9.13 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare HIX $9.35 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $9.70 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $12.14 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $12.57 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $13.01 ↓ -99%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $13.05 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $13.88 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPExchange $15.95 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $18.14 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $19.65 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBHMO $21.22 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPOS $21.22 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPPO $21.22 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPOS $22.54 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPPO $22.54 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMHMO $22.54 ↓ -98%
Cigna PPO $23.38 ↓ -98%
Aetna OONHMO $26.48 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPOS $26.48 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPPO $26.48 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPPO $28.63 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAHMO $28.63 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPOS $28.63 ↓ -97%
Humana PPO $58.10 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $58.10 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $61.65 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $61.65 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $61.65 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $61.65 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $61.65 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $180.85 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $207.56 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $246.61 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $280.52 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $359.64 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $359.64 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $441.84 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $462.39 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $462.39 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $462.39 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $513.77 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $547.68 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $565.15 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $565.15 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $616.52 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $616.52 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $616.52 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $616.52 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $616.52 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $667.90 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $770.65 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $822.03 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $822.03 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $842.58 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $873.41 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $873.41 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $924.79 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $924.79 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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