Creatine - sendout 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

$1,249.05

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.

$1,249.05

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.

$3.82 with Texas Health Network vs $1,124.14 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 $3.82 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3.90 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.90 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $3.90 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3.90 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.90 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.90 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.90 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.90 ↓ -100%
United MGMCD $3.98 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $4.21 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $4.29 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $4.29 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $4.29 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STAR $4.29 ↓ -100%
Oscar MGMCR $4.55 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $4.64 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.64 ↓ -100%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.64 ↓ -100%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $4.64 ↓ -100%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $4.64 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.64 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $4.64 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.64 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.64 ↓ -100%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $4.64 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.64 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $4.64 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health MGMCR $4.64 ↓ -100%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $4.64 ↓ -100%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $4.64 ↓ -100%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.64 ↓ -100%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.64 ↓ -100%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $4.64 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $4.64 ↓ -100%
WellMed MGMCR $4.66 ↓ -100%
Van Lang IPA MCR $4.69 ↓ -100%
United MCR $4.73 ↓ -100%
WellCare MCRHMO $4.78 ↓ -100%
WellCare PFFS $4.78 ↓ -100%
WellCare SNP $4.78 ↓ -100%
WellCare POS $4.78 ↓ -100%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $4.78 ↓ -100%
WellCare PPO $4.78 ↓ -100%
American Health Plan MGMCR $4.87 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $4.87 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $4.87 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $4.87 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $4.87 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $4.87 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $4.87 ↓ -100%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $4.87 ↓ -100%
Shared Health MGMCR $4.87 ↓ -100%
Humana MCD $4.88 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $4.92 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $4.92 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $4.92 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $4.92 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $4.92 ↓ -100%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5.02 ↓ -100%
Molina MGMCR $5.06 ↓ -100%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $5.34 ↓ -100%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.57 ↓ -100%
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $6.03 ↓ -100%
Superior ValueHMO $6.73 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $6.73 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $7.19 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $7.19 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.19 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9.37 ↓ -99%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $9.74 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare HIX $9.98 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $10.35 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $12.95 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $13.41 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $13.87 ↓ -99%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $13.89 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $14.80 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPExchange $17.01 ↓ -99%
Cigna CSN $19.53 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $21.15 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBHMO $22.63 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPPO $22.63 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPOS $22.63 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPPO $24.04 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPOS $24.04 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMHMO $24.04 ↓ -98%
Cigna PPO $25.17 ↓ -98%
Aetna OONHMO $28.24 ↓ -98%
Aetna OONPOS $28.24 ↓ -98%
Aetna OONPPO $28.24 ↓ -98%
Aetna ASAHMO $30.53 ↓ -98%
Aetna ASAPOS $30.53 ↓ -98%
Aetna ASAPPO $30.53 ↓ -98%
Humana HMO $61.89 ↓ -95%
Humana PPO $61.89 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $74.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $74.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $74.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $74.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $74.94 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $219.83 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $252.31 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $299.77 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $340.99 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $437.17 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $437.17 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $537.09 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $562.07 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $562.07 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $562.07 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $624.52 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $665.74 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $686.98 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $686.98 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $749.43 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $749.43 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $749.43 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $749.43 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $749.43 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $811.88 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $936.79 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $999.24 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $999.24 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,024.22 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,061.69 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,061.69 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,124.14 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,124.14 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Creatine - sendout at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $25.52 $3.70 – $54.68
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $90.60 $3.90 – $82.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $90.60 $6.81 – $88.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $90.60 $3.90 – $68.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $90.60 $3.90 – $82.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $90.60 $4.17 – $88.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $90.60 $3.90 – $88.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $90.60 $3.90 – $82.35

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