Cytopath c/v auto in fluid 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.

$20.88 with Texas Health Network vs $285.43 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 $20.88
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $21.31
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $21.31
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $21.31
Amerigroup MGMCD $21.31
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $21.31
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $21.31
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $21.31
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $21.31
United MGMCD $21.74
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $23.01
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $23.44
Molina Healthcare CHIP $23.44
Molina Healthcare STAR $23.44
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $23.44
Oscar MGMCR $24.86
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $25.37
Amerigroup DualEligible $25.37
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $25.37
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $25.37
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $25.37
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $25.37
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $25.37
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $25.37
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $25.37
United SmallGroup $25.37
CHC Harris Health Indigent $25.37
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $25.37
BCBS MCRPPO $25.37
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $25.37
Devoted Health MGMCR $25.37
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $25.37
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $25.37
United AllPayerAppendix $25.37
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $25.37
WellMed MGMCR $25.50
Van Lang IPA MCR $25.62
United MCR $25.88
WellCare MCRHMO $26.13
WellCare POS $26.13
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $26.13
WellCare SNP $26.13
WellCare PFFS $26.13
WellCare PPO $26.13
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $26.64
Humana MCD $26.64
American Health Plan MGMCR $26.64
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $26.64
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $26.64
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $26.64
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $26.64
Superior Health Plan PFFS $26.64
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $26.64
Shared Health MGMCR $26.64
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $26.89
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $26.89
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $26.89
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $26.89
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $26.89
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $27.46
Molina MGMCR $27.65
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $29.18
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $30.44
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $32.98
Community Health Choice HIX $36.79
Superior ValueHMO $36.79
Superior HMO $39.32
Superior EPO $39.32
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $50.23
BCBS MyBlueHealth $51.25
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $53.28
Molina Healthcare HIX $54.55
BCBS BAV $56.58
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $64.10
BCBS HMO $70.78
Oscar HIX $73.32
BCBS EPOSOA $75.86
BCBS PPO $80.93
Aetna QHPExchange $92.93
Cigna CSN $104.53
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $113.22
Aetna NBPPO $123.58
Aetna NBHMO $123.58
Aetna NBPOS $123.58
Aetna COMMPOS $131.30
Aetna COMMHMO $131.30
Aetna COMMPPO $131.30
Cigna PPO $134.70
Aetna OONHMO $154.24
Aetna OONPOS $154.24
Aetna OONPPO $154.24
Aetna ASAPPO $166.77
Aetna ASAPOS $166.77
Aetna ASAHMO $166.77
Humana PPO $285.43
Humana HMO $285.43
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Cytopath c/v auto in fluid at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $40.50 $21.31 – $243.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $40.50 $21.31 – $243.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine San Augustine $40.50 $21.31 – $243.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $22.83 – $97.67
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $20.88 – $104.53
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $21.31 – $104.53
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $55.41 – $110.61
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $20.88 – $104.53

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