Echo tee guidance 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.
$215.46 with Texas Health Network vs $9,239.60 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.
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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| Texas Health Network | MCD | $215.46 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $219.53 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $219.53 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $219.53 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $219.53 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $219.86 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $219.86 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $223.92 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $237.09 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $241.85 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $241.85 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $241.85 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $241.85 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $274.83 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $554.07 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $610.89 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $615.97 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $615.97 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $615.97 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $615.97 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $615.97 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $764.80 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $790.85 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $816.89 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $1,519.40 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,642.60 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,806.85 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,950.58 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,001.91 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,073.78 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $2,220.43 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $2,220.43 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $2,433.09 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $2,433.09 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $2,463.89 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,617.89 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $2,720.55 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $2,771.88 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $2,802.68 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $3,079.87 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $3,295.46 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $3,295.46 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $3,295.46 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $3,511.05 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $3,511.05 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $3,511.05 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $3,593.18 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,593.18 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $4,106.49 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $4,106.49 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $4,116.75 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $4,116.75 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $4,116.75 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $4,414.47 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $4,445.27 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $4,445.27 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $4,445.27 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $4,619.80 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $4,619.80 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $4,619.80 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $5,133.11 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $5,471.90 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $5,646.42 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $5,646.42 | — |
| Prime Health Services | WORKERSCOMP | $6,159.73 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $6,159.73 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $6,159.73 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $6,159.73 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $6,159.73 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $6,673.04 | — |
| Fiesta Mart, Inc | COMM | $7,699.66 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $8,212.98 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $8,212.98 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $8,418.30 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $8,726.29 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $8,726.29 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $9,239.60 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $9,239.60 | — |
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Echo tee guidance at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $2,999.50 | $100.00 – $6,427.50 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,210.68 | $219.86 – $4,548.46 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $3,967.40 | $238.59 – $5,951.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $3,773.93 | $219.86 – $4,717.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,210.68 | $219.86 – $4,548.46 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $3,967.40 | $235.25 – $5,951.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $3,967.40 | $219.86 – $5,951.11 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $3,773.93 | $219.86 – $5,660.90 |