Diabetes (HbA1c) Test 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

$1,321.35

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.

$1,321.35

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.

$8.00 with Texas Health Network vs $1,189.21 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 $8.00 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $8.16 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $8.16 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $8.16 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $8.16 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $8.16 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $8.16 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $8.16 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $8.16 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $8.32 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $8.81 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $8.98 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $8.98 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $8.98 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $8.98 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $9.52 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $9.71 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $9.71 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.71 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.71 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $9.71 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.71 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $9.71 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $9.71 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $9.71 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.71 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.71 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $9.71 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $9.71 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $9.71 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $9.71 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $9.71 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $9.71 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $9.71 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $9.71 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $9.76 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $9.81 ↓ -99%
United MCR $9.90 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $10.00 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $10.00 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $10.00 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $10.00 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $10.00 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $10.00 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $10.20 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $10.20 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $10.20 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $10.20 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $10.20 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $10.20 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $10.20 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $10.20 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $10.20 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $10.20 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $10.29 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $10.29 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $10.29 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $10.29 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $10.29 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $10.51 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $10.58 ↓ -99%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $11.17 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $11.65 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $12.62 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $14.08 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $14.08 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $15.05 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $15.05 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $19.23 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $19.61 ↓ -99%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $20.39 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $20.88 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $21.65 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $27.09 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $28.06 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $29.03 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $29.14 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $30.97 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPExchange $35.57 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $40.44 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $43.80 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBHMO $47.31 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPOS $47.31 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPPO $47.31 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPOS $50.26 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPPO $50.26 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMHMO $50.26 ↓ -96%
Cigna PPO $52.12 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONHMO $59.04 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONPOS $59.04 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONPPO $59.04 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASAPPO $63.84 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAHMO $63.84 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPOS $63.84 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $79.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $79.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $79.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $79.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $79.28 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $129.73 ↓ -90%
Humana HMO $129.73 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $232.56 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $266.91 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $317.12 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $360.73 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $462.47 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $462.47 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $568.18 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $594.61 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $594.61 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $594.61 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $660.67 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $704.28 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $726.74 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $726.74 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $792.81 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $792.81 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $792.81 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $792.81 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $792.81 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $858.88 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $991.01 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,057.08 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,057.08 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,083.51 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,123.15 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,123.15 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,189.21 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,189.21 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Diabetes (HbA1c) Test at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $89.60 $7.75 – $117.75
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $193.18 $8.74 – $37.38
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $111.51 $8.16 – $115.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $92.09 $12.00 – $129.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $123.97 $8.16 – $115.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $111.51 $8.16 – $115.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $92.09 $8.73 – $129.45
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