Duplex scan bilateral study 93985 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

$4,876.39

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.

$4,876.39

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.

$292.58 with Superior Health Plan vs $4,388.75 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $292.58 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $292.58 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $292.58 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $292.58 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $292.58 ↓ -94%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $407.84 ↓ -92%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -90%
BCBS BAV $516.76 ↓ -89%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $633.93 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $633.93 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $633.93 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $633.93 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $682.69 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $682.69 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $721.71 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $780.22 ↓ -84%
BCBS HMO $787.88 ↓ -84%
BCBS EPOSOA $845.81 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $858.24 ↓ -82%
BCBS PPO $903.75 ↓ -81%
Cigna PPO $926.51 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $950.90 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $985.03 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,155.70 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,155.70 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,170.33 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,243.48 ↓ -74%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,292.24 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,331.25 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $1,556.06 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $1,556.06 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $1,565.32 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $1,565.32 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $1,565.32 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,667.73 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,667.73 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,667.73 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $1,706.74 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $1,706.74 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,950.56 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,950.56 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $1,955.43 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $1,955.43 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $1,955.43 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,096.85 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,111.48 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,111.48 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,111.48 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,194.38 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $2,194.38 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $2,194.38 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $2,438.20 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,599.12 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,682.01 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,682.01 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $2,925.83 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $2,925.83 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,925.83 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,925.83 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $2,925.83 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $3,169.65 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $3,657.29 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $3,901.11 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $3,901.11 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,998.64 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $4,144.93 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $4,144.93 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $4,388.75 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $4,388.75 ↓ -10%

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