Discography cerv/thor spine 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

$6,323.04

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.

$6,323.04

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.

$128.98 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $6,705.46 with BCBS — 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $128.98 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $128.98 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $128.98 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $128.98 ↓ -98%
Texas Health Network MCD $129.66 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $131.56 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $132.31 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $132.31 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $132.31 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $132.31 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $139.30 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $145.54 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $145.54 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $145.54 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $145.54 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $165.39 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $267.97 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $290.01 ↓ -95%
Cigna PPO $344.74 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $379.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $379.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $379.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $379.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $379.38 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $426.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPPO $566.20 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBHMO $566.20 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPOS $566.20 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMHMO $602.30 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPPO $602.30 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPOS $602.30 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONHMO $708.20 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONPOS $708.20 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONPPO $708.20 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAHMO $765.36 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAPOS $765.36 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAPPO $765.36 ↓ -88%
Humana HMO $912.27 ↓ -86%
Humana PPO $912.27 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,112.86 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $1,277.25 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,517.53 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,612.38 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,726.19 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $2,213.06 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $2,213.06 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,529.22 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,529.22 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,718.91 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $2,845.37 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,845.37 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $2,845.37 ↓ -55%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,026.06 ↓ -52%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $3,161.52 ↓ -50%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3,333.34 ↓ -47%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,370.18 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $3,477.67 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $3,477.67 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,793.82 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $3,793.82 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $3,793.82 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $3,793.82 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $3,793.82 ↓ -40%
BCBS BAV $3,834.15 ↓ -39%
United SmallGroup $3,947.38 ↓ -38%
United AllPayerAppendix $3,947.38 ↓ -38%
Coastal Comp COMM $4,109.98 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $4,742.28 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $5,058.43 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $5,058.43 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,184.89 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $5,374.58 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $5,374.58 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $5,690.74 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $5,690.74 ↓ -10%
BCBS HMO $5,845.79 ↓ -8%
BCBS EPOSOA $6,275.63 ↓ -1%
BCBS PPO $6,705.46 ↑ +6%

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Discography cerv/thor spine at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $969.89 $125.69 – $2,510.25
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,050.91 $132.31 – $4,783.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $5,350.69 $1,101.35 – $8,026.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $5,618.23 $132.31 – $7,022.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,050.91 $132.31 – $4,783.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $5,350.69 $141.57 – $8,026.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $5,350.69 $132.31 – $8,026.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $5,618.23 $132.31 – $8,427.34

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