Ecg external < 48 hours scanning analysis w/report 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

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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.

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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.

$234.72 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,520.75 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 STAR $234.72
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $234.72
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $234.72
Superior Health Plan STARKids $234.72
Superior Health Plan CHIP $234.72
BCBS MyBlueHealth $255.13
BCBS BAV $281.30
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Humana HMO $351.42
Humana PPO $351.42
BCBS HMO $352.17
BCBS EPOSOA $364.16
BCBS PPO $376.15
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $508.55
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $508.55
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $508.55
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $508.55
Amerigroup MGMCD $547.67
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $547.67
Cigna CSN $578.97
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $625.91
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $688.50
Cigna PPO $743.27
Oscar HIX $762.83
United OptionsPPO $790.21
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $927.13
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $927.13
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $938.87
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $997.54
Aetna QHPExchange $1,036.66
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,067.96
Aetna NBPPO $1,255.73
Aetna NBPOS $1,255.73
Aetna NBHMO $1,255.73
Aetna COMMPOS $1,337.88
Aetna COMMPPO $1,337.88
Aetna COMMHMO $1,337.88
BCBS Traditional $1,369.18
Imagine Health PPO $1,369.18
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,564.78
Curative Administrators COMM $1,564.78
Aetna OONHMO $1,568.69
Aetna OONPOS $1,568.69
Aetna OONPPO $1,568.69
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,682.13
Aetna ASAHMO $1,693.87
Aetna ASAPPO $1,693.87
Aetna ASAPOS $1,693.87
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,760.37
Averde Health Commercial $1,760.37
United GlobalAppendix $1,760.37
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,955.97
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,085.06
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,151.57
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,151.57
Beech Street WCOMP $2,347.16
Independent Medical System COMM $2,347.16
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,347.16
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,347.16
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $2,347.16
Coastal Comp COMM $2,542.76
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $2,933.95
Beech Street COMMPPO $3,129.55
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $3,129.55
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,207.79
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $3,325.15
Physicians, INC COMM $3,325.15
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $3,520.75
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,520.75

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Ecg external < 48 hours scanning analysis w/report at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $908.78 $100.00 – $1,947.38
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $763.92 $56.30 – $954.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $871.39 $151.53 – $1,307.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $657.76 $56.30 – $917.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $763.92 $56.30 – $954.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $871.39 $56.30 – $1,307.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $871.39 $151.53 – $1,307.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $657.76 $56.30 – $986.64

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