Cytopathology cellular enhancement technique non-gyn 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

$315.34

Cash price

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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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$315.34

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.

$18.92 with Superior Health Plan vs $412.24 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $18.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $18.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $18.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $18.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $18.92 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $40.99 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $40.99 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $40.99 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $40.99 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $44.15 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $44.15 ↓ -86%
United SmallGroup $49.76 ↓ -84%
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76 ↓ -84%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $49.76 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $55.50 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $61.49 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $63.70 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $74.74 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $74.74 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $75.68 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $80.41 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $86.09 ↓ -73%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $99.93 ↓ -68%
BCBS BAV $110.32 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $110.37 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $110.37 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $126.14 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $135.60 ↓ -57%
BCBS HMO $138.02 ↓ -56%
United GlobalAppendix $141.90 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $141.90 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $141.90 ↓ -55%
BCBS EPOSOA $147.92 ↓ -53%
Aetna QHPExchange $149.85 ↓ -52%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $157.67 ↓ -50%
BCBS PPO $157.81 ↓ -50%
Cigna CSN $165.58 ↓ -47%
Coventry National First Health COMM $168.08 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $173.44 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $173.44 ↓ -45%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $179.35 ↓ -43%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $189.20 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $189.20 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $189.20 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $189.20 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $189.20 ↓ -40%
Aetna NBHMO $199.29 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBPOS $199.29 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBPPO $199.29 ↓ -37%
Coastal Comp COMM $204.97 ↓ -35%
Aetna COMMPPO $211.72 ↓ -33%
Aetna COMMHMO $211.72 ↓ -33%
Aetna COMMPOS $211.72 ↓ -33%
Cigna PPO $213.38 ↓ -32%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $236.50 ↓ -25%
Aetna OONPOS $248.72 ↓ -21%
Aetna OONHMO $248.72 ↓ -21%
Aetna OONPPO $248.72 ↓ -21%
Beech Street COMMPPO $252.27 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $252.27 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $258.58 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $268.04 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $268.04 ↓ -15%
Aetna ASAHMO $268.93 ↓ -15%
Aetna ASAPPO $268.93 ↓ -15%
Aetna ASAPOS $268.93 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $283.81 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $283.81 ↓ -10%
Humana HMO $412.24 ↑ +31%
Humana PPO $412.24 ↑ +31%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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