Cytopath smear other source 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

$707.59

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.

$707.59

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.

$24.67 with United vs $636.83 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
United AllPayerAppendix $24.67 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $24.67 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $24.67 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STAR $42.46 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $42.46 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $42.46 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $42.46 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $42.46 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $46.44 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $51.27 ↓ -93%
BCBS HMO $64.14 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $68.74 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $73.34 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $91.99 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $91.99 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $91.99 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $91.99 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $99.06 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $99.06 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $124.54 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $137.98 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $142.93 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $167.70 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $167.70 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $169.82 ↓ -76%
Aetna QHPExchange $177.23 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $180.44 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $193.17 ↓ -73%
Cigna CSN $207.15 ↓ -71%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $224.37 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $235.70 ↓ -67%
Aetna NBHMO $235.70 ↓ -67%
Aetna NBPOS $235.70 ↓ -67%
Imagine Health PPO $247.66 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $247.66 ↓ -65%
Aetna COMMHMO $250.40 ↓ -65%
Aetna COMMPPO $250.40 ↓ -65%
Aetna COMMPOS $250.40 ↓ -65%
Cigna PPO $266.95 ↓ -62%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $283.04 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $294.16 ↓ -58%
Aetna OONPOS $294.16 ↓ -58%
Aetna OONPPO $294.16 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $304.26 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $318.06 ↓ -55%
Aetna ASAHMO $318.06 ↓ -55%
Aetna ASAPOS $318.06 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $318.42 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $318.42 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $318.42 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $353.80 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $377.15 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $389.17 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $389.17 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $424.55 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $424.55 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $424.55 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $424.55 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $424.55 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $459.93 ↓ -35%
Humana PPO $474.46 ↓ -33%
Humana HMO $474.46 ↓ -33%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $530.69 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $566.07 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $566.07 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $580.22 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $601.45 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $601.45 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $636.83 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $636.83 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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