Cholesterol (Lipid) 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

$2,850.36

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.

$2,850.36

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.

$7.51 with Texas Health Network vs $2,565.32 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 $7.51 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.66 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $7.66 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $7.66 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $7.66 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $7.66 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $7.66 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $7.66 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $7.66 ↓ -100%
United MGMCD $7.81 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $8.27 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STAR $8.43 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $8.43 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $8.43 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $8.43 ↓ -100%
Humana MCD $9.57 ↓ -100%
Oscar MGMCR $13.12 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $13.39 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.39 ↓ -100%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.39 ↓ -100%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $13.39 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $13.39 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $13.39 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $13.39 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $13.39 ↓ -100%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $13.39 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup DualEligible $13.39 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health MGMCR $13.39 ↓ -100%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $13.39 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $13.39 ↓ -100%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $13.39 ↓ -100%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $13.39 ↓ -100%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.39 ↓ -100%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.39 ↓ -100%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $13.39 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.39 ↓ -100%
WellMed MGMCR $13.46 ↓ -100%
Van Lang IPA MCR $13.52 ↓ -100%
United MCR $13.66 ↓ -100%
WellCare PFFS $13.79 ↓ -100%
WellCare POS $13.79 ↓ -100%
WellCare SNP $13.79 ↓ -100%
WellCare MCRHMO $13.79 ↓ -100%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $13.79 ↓ -100%
WellCare PPO $13.79 ↓ -100%
American Health Plan MGMCR $14.06 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $14.06 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $14.06 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $14.06 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $14.06 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $14.06 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $14.06 ↓ -100%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $14.06 ↓ -100%
Shared Health MGMCR $14.06 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $14.19 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $14.19 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $14.19 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $14.19 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $14.19 ↓ -100%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $14.49 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $14.60 ↓ -99%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $15.40 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $16.07 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $17.41 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $19.42 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $19.42 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $20.75 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $20.75 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $26.51 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $27.05 ↓ -99%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $28.12 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare HIX $28.79 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $29.86 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $37.36 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $38.70 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $40.04 ↓ -99%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $40.17 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $42.71 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPExchange $49.07 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $55.77 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $60.41 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBHMO $65.25 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPOS $65.25 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPPO $65.25 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPOS $69.33 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPPO $69.33 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMHMO $69.33 ↓ -98%
Cigna PPO $71.87 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONHMO $81.44 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPOS $81.44 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPPO $81.44 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPPO $88.06 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAHMO $88.06 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPOS $88.06 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $171.02 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $171.02 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $171.02 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $171.02 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $171.02 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $178.85 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $178.85 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $501.66 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $575.77 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $684.09 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $778.15 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $997.63 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $997.63 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,225.65 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $1,282.66 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,282.66 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,282.66 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,425.18 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,519.24 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,567.70 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,567.70 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,710.22 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,710.22 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,710.22 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $1,710.22 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,710.22 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,852.73 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $2,137.77 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $2,280.29 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,280.29 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,337.30 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,422.81 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,422.81 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,565.32 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,565.32 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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