Collar cerv 18.25x3.5in serp firm density sm 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

$177.00

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.

$177.00

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.

$10.62 with Superior Health Plan vs $234.54 with Humana — 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 STARKids $10.62 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $10.62 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $10.62 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $10.62 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $10.62 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $23.01 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $23.01 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $23.01 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $23.01 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $24.78 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $24.78 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $26.20 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $28.32 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $28.85 ↓ -84%
Oscar MGMCR $29.89 ↓ -83%
BCBS MCRPPO $30.50 ↓ -83%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $30.50 ↓ -83%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $30.50 ↓ -83%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $30.50 ↓ -83%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $30.50 ↓ -83%
Amerigroup DualEligible $30.50 ↓ -83%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $30.50 ↓ -83%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $30.50 ↓ -83%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $30.50 ↓ -83%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $30.50 ↓ -83%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $30.50 ↓ -83%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $30.50 ↓ -83%
Devoted Health MGMCR $30.50 ↓ -83%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $30.50 ↓ -83%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $30.50 ↓ -83%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $30.50 ↓ -83%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $30.50 ↓ -83%
WellMed MGMCR $30.65 ↓ -83%
Van Lang IPA MCR $30.80 ↓ -83%
United MCR $31.11 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $31.15 ↓ -82%
WellCare PPO $31.41 ↓ -82%
WellCare MCRHMO $31.41 ↓ -82%
WellCare POS $31.41 ↓ -82%
WellCare PFFS $31.41 ↓ -82%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $31.41 ↓ -82%
WellCare SNP $31.41 ↓ -82%
BCBS BAV $31.86 ↓ -82%
Shared Health MGMCR $32.02 ↓ -82%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $32.02 ↓ -82%
American Health Plan MGMCR $32.02 ↓ -82%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $32.02 ↓ -82%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $32.02 ↓ -82%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $32.02 ↓ -82%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $32.02 ↓ -82%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $32.02 ↓ -82%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $32.02 ↓ -82%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $32.33 ↓ -82%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $32.33 ↓ -82%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $32.33 ↓ -82%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $32.33 ↓ -82%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $32.33 ↓ -82%
Molina MGMCR $33.25 ↓ -81%
Cigna PPO $33.63 ↓ -81%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $35.07 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $35.75 ↓ -80%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $36.60 ↓ -79%
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $39.65 ↓ -78%
BCBS HMO $39.83 ↓ -77%
BCBS EPOSOA $40.71 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $41.42 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $41.95 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $41.95 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $42.48 ↓ -76%
Superior ValueHMO $44.23 ↓ -75%
Community Health Choice HIX $44.23 ↓ -75%
Superior EPO $47.27 ↓ -73%
Superior HMO $47.27 ↓ -73%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $60.39 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $61.95 ↓ -65%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $64.05 ↓ -64%
Molina Healthcare HIX $65.58 ↓ -63%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $76.11 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $79.65 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $94.34 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $97.35 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $97.35 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $106.20 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $106.20 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $106.20 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $106.20 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $106.20 ↓ -40%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $132.75 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $141.60 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $141.60 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $145.14 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $150.45 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $150.45 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $159.30 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $159.30 ↓ -10%
Humana HMO $234.54 ↑ +33%
Humana PPO $234.54 ↑ +33%

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Collar cerv 18.25x3.5in serp firm density sm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $88.00 $29.89 – $65.58
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $154.14 not published
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $232.75 $6.76 – $47.70
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $232.75 $10.60 – $45.05
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $232.75 $10.60 – $58.83
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $154.14 $30.50 – $32.18
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $232.75 $10.60 – $47.70
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $154.14 not published

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