CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear w/contrast 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

$8,115.10

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.

$8,115.10

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.

$171.56 with Texas Health Network vs $7,303.59 with Multiplan — 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 $171.56 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $175.06 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $175.06 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $175.06 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $175.06 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $180.34 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $180.34 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $180.34 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $180.34 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $183.95 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $192.57 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $192.57 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $192.57 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $192.57 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $194.77 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $218.82 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $339.25 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $391.77 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $401.74 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $451.91 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $486.91 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $486.91 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $486.91 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $486.91 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $486.91 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $686.97 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $725.00 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $727.06 ↓ -91%
BCBS PPO $765.32 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPOS $963.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPPO $963.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBHMO $963.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,024.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,024.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,024.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONHMO $1,203.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna OONPPO $1,203.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna OONPOS $1,203.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,301.00 ↓ -84%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,301.00 ↓ -84%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,301.00 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,428.26 ↓ -82%
Cigna CSN $1,635.00 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $1,639.25 ↓ -80%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,771.00 ↓ -78%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,947.62 ↓ -76%
Cigna PPO $2,106.00 ↓ -74%
BCBS Traditional $2,840.28 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3,246.04 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $3,489.49 ↓ -57%
Humana PPO $3,621.49 ↓ -55%
Humana HMO $3,621.49 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $3,651.80 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $3,651.80 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $4,325.35 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $4,463.31 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $4,463.31 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $4,869.06 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $4,869.06 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $4,869.06 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,869.06 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $4,869.06 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $5,274.81 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $6,086.32 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $6,492.08 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $6,492.08 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $6,654.38 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $6,897.84 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $6,897.84 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $7,303.59 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $7,303.59 ↓ -10%

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CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear w/contrast at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $1,533.70 $166.31 – $3,286.50
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,543.83 $167.39 – $2,315.74
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