Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) 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.
$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $11,949.87 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 Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $317.09 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $349.62 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $437.70 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $452.60 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $467.51 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $796.66 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $796.66 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $796.66 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $796.66 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $796.66 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1,268.54 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,268.54 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $1,726.09 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $1,726.09 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $1,726.09 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $1,726.09 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $1,858.87 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $1,858.87 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $1,965.09 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,124.42 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $2,336.86 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,522.75 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,589.14 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,682.08 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $3,146.80 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $3,146.80 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $3,186.63 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $3,385.80 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $3,518.57 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $3,624.79 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $4,262.12 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $4,262.12 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $4,262.12 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $4,540.95 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $4,540.95 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $4,540.95 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $4,647.17 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $4,647.17 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $5,311.05 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $5,311.05 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $5,324.33 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $5,324.33 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $5,324.33 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $5,709.38 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $5,749.21 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $5,749.21 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $5,749.21 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $5,974.93 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $5,974.93 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $5,974.93 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $6,638.81 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $7,076.98 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $7,302.70 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $7,302.70 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $7,966.58 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $7,966.58 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $7,966.58 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $7,966.58 | — |
| Prime Health Services | WORKERSCOMP | $7,966.58 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $8,630.46 | — |
| Fiesta Mart, Inc | COMM | $9,958.22 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $10,622.10 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $10,622.10 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $10,887.66 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $11,285.99 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $11,285.99 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $11,949.87 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $11,949.87 | — |
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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $3,033.80 | $100.00 – $6,501.00 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $3,328.88 | $521.71 – $521.71 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,589.56 | $416.02 – $3,236.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,589.56 | $409.24 – $3,884.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,589.56 | $409.24 – $3,236.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,589.56 | $317.09 – $3,236.95 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,589.56 | $500.03 – $3,884.34 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,589.56 | $1,337.94 – $3,884.34 |