Covid-19 lab test non-cdc 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

$100.19

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.

$100.19

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.

$6.01 with Superior Health Plan vs $163.68 with BCBS — 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 STAR $6.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $6.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $6.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $6.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $6.01 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $14.83 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $16.03 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $17.63 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $19.04 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $20.24 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $23.75 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $23.75 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $24.05 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $25.55 ↓ -74%
Aetna QHPExchange $26.55 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $27.35 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $31.97 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $31.97 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $32.16 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $32.16 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $32.16 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPOS $34.26 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $34.26 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $34.26 ↓ -66%
Imagine Health PPO $35.07 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $35.07 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $40.08 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $40.18 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $40.18 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $40.18 ↓ -60%
Texas Health Network MCD $42.24 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $43.08 ↓ -57%
Amerigroup MGMCD $43.10 ↓ -57%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $43.10 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $43.38 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $43.38 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $43.38 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $45.09 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $45.09 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $45.09 ↓ -55%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $47.41 ↓ -53%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $47.41 ↓ -53%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $47.41 ↓ -53%
Molina Healthcare STAR $47.41 ↓ -53%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $50.09 ↓ -50%
Oscar MGMCR $50.28 ↓ -50%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $51.31 ↓ -49%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $51.31 ↓ -49%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $51.31 ↓ -49%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $51.31 ↓ -49%
United AllPayerAppendix $51.31 ↓ -49%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $51.31 ↓ -49%
United SmallGroup $51.31 ↓ -49%
Amerigroup DualEligible $51.31 ↓ -49%
Devoted Health MGMCR $51.31 ↓ -49%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $51.31 ↓ -49%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $51.31 ↓ -49%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $51.31 ↓ -49%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $51.31 ↓ -49%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $51.31 ↓ -49%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $51.31 ↓ -49%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $51.31 ↓ -49%
BCBS MCRPPO $51.31 ↓ -49%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $51.31 ↓ -49%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $51.31 ↓ -49%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $51.31 ↓ -49%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $51.31 ↓ -49%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $51.31 ↓ -49%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $51.31 ↓ -49%
WellMed MGMCR $51.57 ↓ -49%
Van Lang IPA MCR $51.82 ↓ -48%
United MCR $52.34 ↓ -48%
United MGMCD $52.34 ↓ -48%
WellCare POS $52.85 ↓ -47%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $52.85 ↓ -47%
WellCare PPO $52.85 ↓ -47%
WellCare PFFS $52.85 ↓ -47%
WellCare MCRHMO $52.85 ↓ -47%
WellCare SNP $52.85 ↓ -47%
Coventry National First Health COMM $53.40 ↓ -47%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $53.88 ↓ -46%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $53.88 ↓ -46%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $53.88 ↓ -46%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $53.88 ↓ -46%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $53.88 ↓ -46%
American Health Plan MGMCR $53.88 ↓ -46%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $53.88 ↓ -46%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $53.88 ↓ -46%
Shared Health MGMCR $53.88 ↓ -46%
Humana MCD $53.88 ↓ -46%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $54.39 ↓ -46%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $54.39 ↓ -46%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $54.39 ↓ -46%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $54.39 ↓ -46%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $54.39 ↓ -46%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $55.10 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $55.10 ↓ -45%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $55.41 ↓ -45%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $55.53 ↓ -45%
Molina MGMCR $55.93 ↓ -44%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $59.01 ↓ -41%
Independent Medical System COMM $60.11 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $60.11 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $60.11 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $60.11 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $60.11 ↓ -40%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $61.57 ↓ -39%
Coastal Comp COMM $65.12 ↓ -35%
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $66.70 ↓ -33%
Superior ValueHMO $74.40 ↓ -26%
Community Health Choice HIX $74.40 ↓ -26%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $75.14 ↓ -25%
Superior EPO $79.53 ↓ -21%
Superior HMO $79.53 ↓ -21%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $80.15 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $80.15 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $82.16 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $85.16 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $85.16 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $90.17 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $90.17 ↓ -10%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $101.59 ↑ +1%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $103.65 ↑ +3%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $107.75 ↑ +8%
Molina Healthcare HIX $110.32 ↑ +10%
BCBS BAV $114.42 ↑ +14%
BCBS HMO $143.15 ↑ +43%
Oscar HIX $148.29 ↑ +48%
BCBS EPOSOA $153.42 ↑ +53%
BCBS PPO $163.68 ↑ +63%

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Covid-19 lab test non-cdc at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $92.05 $40.95 – $197.25
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $81.11 $42.24 – $107.75
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $81.76 $47.41 – $74.40
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $97.01 $42.24 – $107.75
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $83.36 $42.24 – $107.75
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $89.25 $36.94 – $255.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $39.90 $46.18 – $205.20
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $31.35 $43.10 – $188.10

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