Culture urine each isolate 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.

$6.66 with Texas Health Network vs $108.09 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 $6.66
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $6.80
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $6.80
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $6.80
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $6.80
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.80
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $6.80
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $6.80
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $6.80
United MGMCD $6.94
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $7.34
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $7.48
Molina Healthcare CHIP $7.48
Molina Healthcare STAR $7.48
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $7.48
Oscar MGMCR $7.93
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $8.09
Amerigroup DualEligible $8.09
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $8.09
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $8.09
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.09
United SmallGroup $8.09
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $8.09
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $8.09
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $8.09
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.09
BCBS MCRPPO $8.09
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $8.09
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $8.09
Devoted Health MGMCR $8.09
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $8.09
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $8.09
United AllPayerAppendix $8.09
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8.09
CHC Harris Health Indigent $8.09
WellMed MGMCR $8.13
Van Lang IPA MCR $8.17
United MCR $8.25
WellCare SNP $8.33
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $8.33
WellCare PPO $8.33
WellCare POS $8.33
WellCare MCRHMO $8.33
WellCare PFFS $8.33
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $8.49
American Health Plan MGMCR $8.49
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $8.49
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $8.49
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $8.49
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $8.49
Superior Health Plan PFFS $8.49
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $8.49
Shared Health MGMCR $8.49
Humana MCD $8.50
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $8.58
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $8.58
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $8.58
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $8.58
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $8.58
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $8.76
Molina MGMCR $8.82
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $9.30
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $9.71
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $10.52
Superior ValueHMO $11.73
Community Health Choice HIX $11.73
Superior EPO $12.54
Superior HMO $12.54
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $16.02
BCBS MyBlueHealth $16.34
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $16.99
Molina Healthcare HIX $17.39
BCBS BAV $18.04
BCBS HMO $22.57
Oscar HIX $23.38
BCBS EPOSOA $24.19
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $24.28
BCBS PPO $25.81
Aetna QHPExchange $29.64
Cigna CSN $33.47
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $36.25
Aetna NBPPO $39.42
Aetna NBHMO $39.42
Aetna NBPOS $39.42
Aetna COMMPPO $41.88
Aetna COMMHMO $41.88
Aetna COMMPOS $41.88
Cigna PPO $43.13
Aetna OONPOS $49.20
Aetna OONPPO $49.20
Aetna OONHMO $49.20
Aetna ASAPOS $53.20
Aetna ASAHMO $53.20
Aetna ASAPPO $53.20
Humana HMO $108.09
Humana PPO $108.09
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Culture urine each isolate at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $77.18 $6.46 – $165.38
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $85.65 $6.80 – $107.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $62.77 $11.86 – $94.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $80.45 $6.80 – $100.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $85.65 $6.80 – $107.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $62.77 $7.28 – $94.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $62.77 $6.80 – $94.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $80.45 $6.80 – $120.68

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