Echo stress 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.
$181.41 with Texas Health Network vs $17,157.83 with Multiplan — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $181.41 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $185.11 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $185.11 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $188.45 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $188.45 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $188.45 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $188.45 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $192.22 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $203.53 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $203.62 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $203.62 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $203.62 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $203.62 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $231.39 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $277.45 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $305.91 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $382.98 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $396.02 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $409.07 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $1,143.86 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $1,143.86 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $1,143.86 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $1,143.86 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $1,143.86 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1,271.85 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,271.85 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,821.51 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $3,050.28 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $3,355.31 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $3,622.21 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $3,717.53 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $3,850.98 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $4,518.23 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $4,518.23 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $4,575.42 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $4,861.38 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $5,052.03 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $5,204.54 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $6,119.62 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $6,119.62 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $6,119.62 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $6,519.97 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $6,519.97 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $6,519.97 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $6,672.49 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $6,672.49 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $7,625.70 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $7,625.70 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $7,644.76 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $7,644.76 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $7,644.76 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $8,197.63 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $8,254.82 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $8,254.82 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $8,254.82 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $8,578.91 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $8,578.91 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $8,578.91 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $9,532.13 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $10,161.25 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $10,485.34 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $10,485.34 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $11,438.55 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $11,438.55 | — |
| Prime Health Services | WORKERSCOMP | $11,438.55 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $11,438.55 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $11,438.55 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $12,391.76 | — |
| Fiesta Mart, Inc | COMM | $14,298.19 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $15,251.40 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $15,251.40 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $15,632.68 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $16,204.61 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $16,204.61 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $17,157.83 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $17,157.83 | — |
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Echo stress at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,144.62 | $182.78 – $2,680.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,004.21 | $358.08 – $4,506.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,350.85 | $182.78 – $2,938.56 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,144.62 | $182.78 – $2,680.78 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,004.21 | $195.57 – $4,506.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,004.21 | $182.78 – $4,506.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,350.85 | $182.78 – $3,526.27 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $2,144.62 | $182.78 – $2,680.78 |