CT guidance for needle placement at HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST
6002 FAIRMONT PKWY, PASADENA, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1174576698
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Cash price 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 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.
$137.63 with BCBS vs $5,641.34 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $137.63 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $174.39 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $265.88 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $285.43 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $304.98 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $376.09 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $376.09 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $376.09 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $376.09 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $376.09 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $725.00 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $814.86 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $814.86 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $814.86 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $814.86 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $877.54 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $877.54 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $927.69 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $963.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $963.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $963.00 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,002.90 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,024.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,024.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,024.00 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,103.19 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,179.62 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1,179.62 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,190.95 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,203.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,203.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,203.00 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,266.17 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,301.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,301.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,301.00 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $1,485.55 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $1,485.55 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $1,504.36 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $1,692.40 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $1,880.44 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,193.85 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $2,507.26 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $2,695.30 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $2,820.67 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $2,820.67 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $3,340.92 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $3,447.48 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $3,447.48 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $3,760.89 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $3,760.89 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $3,760.89 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $3,760.89 | — |
| Prime Health Services | WORKERSCOMP | $3,760.89 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $4,074.30 | — |
| Fiesta Mart, Inc | COMM | $4,701.11 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $5,014.52 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $5,014.52 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $5,139.88 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $5,327.93 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $5,327.93 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $5,641.34 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $5,641.34 | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $1,654.80 | $100.00 – $3,546.00 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,506.04 | $156.40 – $2,133.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,650.56 | $262.75 – $2,475.84 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,981.41 | $262.75 – $2,476.76 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,506.04 | $179.08 – $2,133.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,650.56 | $319.84 – $2,475.84 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,650.56 | $852.79 – $2,475.84 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,981.41 | $262.75 – $2,972.11 |