#creutz-prot.,western blot 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

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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.

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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.

$24.05 with Texas Health Network vs $316.05 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
Texas Health Network MCD $24.05
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $24.54
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $24.54
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $24.54
Amerigroup MGMCD $24.54
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $24.54
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $24.54
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $24.54
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $24.54
United MGMCD $25.03
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $26.50
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $26.99
Molina Healthcare CHIP $26.99
Molina Healthcare STAR $26.99
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $26.99
Oscar MGMCR $28.63
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $29.21
Amerigroup DualEligible $29.21
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $29.21
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $29.21
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $29.21
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $29.21
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $29.21
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $29.21
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $29.21
United SmallGroup $29.21
CHC Harris Health Indigent $29.21
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $29.21
BCBS MCRPPO $29.21
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $29.21
Devoted Health MGMCR $29.21
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $29.21
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $29.21
United AllPayerAppendix $29.21
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $29.21
WellMed MGMCR $29.36
Van Lang IPA MCR $29.50
United MCR $29.79
WellCare MCRHMO $30.09
WellCare POS $30.09
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $30.09
WellCare SNP $30.09
WellCare PFFS $30.09
WellCare PPO $30.09
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $30.67
Humana MCD $30.67
American Health Plan MGMCR $30.67
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $30.67
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $30.67
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $30.67
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $30.67
Superior Health Plan PFFS $30.67
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $30.67
Shared Health MGMCR $30.67
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $30.96
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $30.96
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $30.96
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $30.96
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $30.96
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $31.61
Molina MGMCR $31.84
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $33.59
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $35.05
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $37.97
Community Health Choice HIX $42.35
Superior ValueHMO $42.35
Superior HMO $45.28
Superior EPO $45.28
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $57.84
BCBS MyBlueHealth $59.00
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $61.34
Molina Healthcare HIX $62.80
BCBS BAV $65.14
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $70.98
BCBS HMO $81.50
Oscar HIX $84.42
BCBS EPOSOA $87.34
BCBS PPO $93.18
Aetna QHPExchange $107.00
Cigna CSN $119.90
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $129.87
Aetna NBPPO $142.30
Aetna NBHMO $142.30
Aetna NBPOS $142.30
Aetna COMMPOS $151.18
Aetna COMMHMO $151.18
Aetna COMMPPO $151.18
Cigna PPO $154.51
Aetna OONHMO $177.60
Aetna OONPOS $177.60
Aetna OONPPO $177.60
Aetna ASAPPO $192.03
Aetna ASAPOS $192.03
Aetna ASAHMO $192.03
Humana PPO $316.05
Humana HMO $316.05
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#creutz-prot.,western blot at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $178.61 $23.31 – $382.73
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $446.73 $10.00 – $106.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $446.73 $12.00 – $127.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $446.73 $12.00 – $106.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $446.73 $10.00 – $106.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $446.73 $12.00 – $127.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $446.73 $8.00 – $127.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $446.73 $12.00 – $127.20

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