CT guid parench tis ablat 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

$7,145.34

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.

$7,145.34

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.

$346.32 with BCBS vs $7,638.76 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $346.32 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $428.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $428.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $428.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $428.72 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $428.72 ↓ -94%
BCBS BAV $438.80 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $669.02 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $718.21 ↓ -90%
Aetna QHPExchange $725.00 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $767.40 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $928.89 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $928.89 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $928.89 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $928.89 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPPO $963.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPOS $963.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBHMO $963.00 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1,000.35 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,000.35 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,024.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,024.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,024.00 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $1,057.51 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,143.25 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONPPO $1,203.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPOS $1,203.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONHMO $1,203.00 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,257.58 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,301.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,301.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,301.00 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $1,357.61 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $1,443.36 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,693.45 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,693.45 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,714.88 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,929.24 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $2,143.60 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $2,500.87 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,858.14 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $3,072.50 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $3,215.40 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $3,215.40 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,808.47 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $3,929.94 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $3,929.94 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,287.20 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $4,287.20 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $4,287.20 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $4,287.20 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $4,287.20 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $4,644.47 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $5,359.01 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $5,716.27 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $5,716.27 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,859.18 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $6,073.54 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $6,073.54 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $6,430.81 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $6,430.81 ↓ -10%
Humana HMO $7,638.76 ↑ +7%
Humana PPO $7,638.76 ↑ +7%

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CT guid parench tis ablat at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $461.79 $100.00 – $1,315.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,564.92 $393.54 – $2,216.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,564.92 $322.11 – $2,347.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,814.40 $362.88 – $2,268.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,564.92 $417.31 – $2,216.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,564.92 $502.34 – $2,347.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,564.92 $808.54 – $2,347.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,814.40 $604.80 – $2,721.60

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