Echo guide for heart biopsy at HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST
6002 FAIRMONT PKWY, PASADENA, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1174576698
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Cash price 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 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.
$59.63 with BCBS vs $1,240.71 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $59.63 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $75.55 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $115.19 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $123.66 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $132.13 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $354.28 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $470.88 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $470.88 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $470.88 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $500.90 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $500.90 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $500.90 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $588.97 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $588.97 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $588.97 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $636.51 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $636.51 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $636.51 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,240.71 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1,240.71 | — |
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Echo guide for heart biopsy at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $455.26 | $67.76 – $644.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $455.26 | $77.59 – $644.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $455.26 | $67.76 – $644.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE | Grapevine | $455.26 | $67.76 – $644.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING | Irving | $455.26 | $67.76 – $644.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE | Rowlett | $455.26 | $77.59 – $644.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - MCKINNEY | McKinney | $455.26 | $67.76 – $644.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - FRISCO AT PGA PARKWAY | Frisco | $455.26 | $67.76 – $644.95 |