CT upper extremity w/contrast (both sides) 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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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.

$202.36 with Texas Health Network vs $11,771.96 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 $202.36
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $206.49
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $206.49
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $206.49
Amerigroup MGMCD $206.49
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $209.84
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $209.84
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $209.84
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $209.84
United MGMCD $214.04
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $226.63
Molina Healthcare STAR $227.14
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $227.14
Molina Healthcare CHIP $227.14
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $227.14
Humana MCD $258.11
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $699.43
Aetna QHPExchange $725.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $784.80
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $784.80
Superior Health Plan CHIP $784.80
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $784.80
Superior Health Plan STAR $784.80
BCBS MyBlueHealth $820.98
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
United SmallGroup $828.27
BCBS BAV $946.99
Aetna NBPOS $963.00
Aetna NBHMO $963.00
Aetna NBPPO $963.00
Aetna COMMPOS $1,024.00
Aetna COMMHMO $1,024.00
Aetna COMMPPO $1,024.00
Aetna OONHMO $1,203.00
Aetna OONPOS $1,203.00
Aetna OONPPO $1,203.00
Aetna ASAPOS $1,301.00
Aetna ASAHMO $1,301.00
Aetna ASAPPO $1,301.00
BCBS HMO $1,439.57
BCBS EPOSOA $1,523.58
BCBS PPO $1,603.77
Cigna CSN $1,635.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,771.00
Cigna PPO $2,106.00
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,302.07
United OptionsPPO $2,642.15
Humana HMO $2,881.99
Humana PPO $2,881.99
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $3,139.19
BCBS Traditional $4,577.99
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5,231.98
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $5,624.38
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $5,885.98
United GlobalAppendix $5,885.98
Coventry National First Health COMM $6,971.62
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $7,193.98
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $7,193.98
Beech Street WCOMP $7,847.98
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $7,847.98
Independent Medical System COMM $7,847.98
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $7,847.98
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,847.98
Coastal Comp COMM $8,501.97
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $9,809.97
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $10,463.97
Beech Street COMMPPO $10,463.97
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $10,725.57
Physicians, INC COMM $11,117.97
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $11,117.97
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $11,771.96
Affiliated PPO COMM $11,771.96

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CT upper extremity w/contrast (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $1,719.55 $196.17 – $3,684.75
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $4,549.97 $1,779.42 – $1,779.42
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,394.81 $206.49 – $2,993.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,824.46 $375.53 – $2,736.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,067.90 $206.49 – $2,584.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,394.81 $206.49 – $2,993.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,824.46 $220.94 – $2,736.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,824.46 $206.49 – $2,736.68

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