Echo transesophageal at HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST
6002 FAIRMONT PKWY, PASADENA, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1174576698
$14,369.20
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.
$14,369.20
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.
$10.81 with Texas Health Network vs $12,932.28 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 | $10.81 | ↓ -100% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $11.03 | ↓ -100% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $11.03 | ↓ -100% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $11.03 | ↓ -100% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $11.03 | ↓ -100% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $11.03 | ↓ -100% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $11.03 | ↓ -100% |
| United | MGMCD | $11.25 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $11.91 | ↓ -100% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $12.13 | ↓ -100% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $12.13 | ↓ -100% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $12.13 | ↓ -100% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $12.13 | ↓ -100% |
| Humana | MCD | $13.79 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $27.82 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | BAV | $30.68 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | HMO | $38.40 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $39.71 | ↓ -100% |
| BCBS | PPO | $41.02 | ↓ -100% |
| Humana | PPO | $113.18 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | HMO | $113.18 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -98% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -97% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $862.15 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $862.15 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $862.15 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $862.15 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $862.15 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,126.64 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,299.07 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $2,528.98 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,730.15 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,801.99 | ↓ -81% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,902.58 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $3,405.50 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $3,405.50 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $3,448.61 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $3,664.15 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $3,807.84 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $3,922.79 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $4,612.51 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $4,612.51 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $4,612.51 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $4,914.27 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $4,914.27 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $4,914.27 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $5,029.22 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $5,029.22 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $5,747.68 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $5,747.68 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $5,762.05 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $5,762.05 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $5,762.05 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $6,178.76 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $6,221.86 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $6,221.86 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $6,221.86 | ↓ -57% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $6,466.14 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $6,466.14 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $6,466.14 | ↓ -55% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $7,184.60 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $7,658.78 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $7,903.06 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $7,903.06 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $8,621.52 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $8,621.52 | ↓ -40% |
| Prime Health Services | WORKERSCOMP | $8,621.52 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $8,621.52 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $8,621.52 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $9,339.98 | ↓ -35% |
| Fiesta Mart, Inc | COMM | $10,776.90 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $11,495.36 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $11,495.36 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $11,782.74 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $12,213.82 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $12,213.82 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $12,932.28 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $12,932.28 | ↓ -10% |
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Echo transesophageal at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $593.07 | $11.03 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $913.34 | $35.91 – $1,370.01 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $913.33 | $11.03 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $593.07 | $11.03 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $913.34 | $11.80 – $1,370.01 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $913.34 | $11.03 – $1,370.01 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $913.33 | $11.03 – $1,370.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $593.07 | $11.03 – $1,366.64 |