Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping at HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST

6002 FAIRMONT PKWY, PASADENA, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1174576698

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

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Cash price

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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

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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.

$52.28 with BCBS vs $3,632.36 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.

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Payer
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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.

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Plan
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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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
BCBS MyBlueHealth $52.28
BCBS BAV $57.64
BCBS HMO $72.16
BCBS EPOSOA $74.62
BCBS PPO $77.07
Humana HMO $210.48
Humana PPO $210.48
Superior Health Plan CHIP $242.16
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $242.16
Superior Health Plan STARKids $242.16
Superior Health Plan STAR $242.16
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $242.16
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $524.67
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $524.67
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $524.67
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $524.67
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $565.03
Amerigroup MGMCD $565.03
Cigna CSN $597.32
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $645.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $710.33
Cigna PPO $766.83
Oscar HIX $787.01
United OptionsPPO $815.26
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $956.52
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $956.52
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $968.63
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,029.17
Aetna QHPExchange $1,069.53
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,089.71
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,101.81
CHC Harris Health Indigent $1,210.79
Aetna NBPPO $1,295.54
Aetna NBPOS $1,295.54
Aetna NBHMO $1,295.54
Aetna COMMPPO $1,380.29
Aetna COMMHMO $1,380.29
Aetna COMMPOS $1,380.29
BCBS Traditional $1,412.58
Imagine Health PPO $1,412.58
Curative Administrators COMM $1,614.38
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,614.38
Aetna OONPPO $1,618.42
Aetna OONHMO $1,618.42
Aetna OONPOS $1,618.42
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,735.46
Aetna ASAPPO $1,747.57
Aetna ASAPOS $1,747.57
Aetna ASAHMO $1,747.57
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,816.18
United GlobalAppendix $1,816.18
Averde Health Commercial $1,816.18
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $2,017.97
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,151.16
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,219.77
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,219.77
Beech Street WCOMP $2,421.57
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,421.57
Independent Medical System COMM $2,421.57
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,421.57
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $2,421.57
Coastal Comp COMM $2,623.37
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $3,026.96
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $3,228.76
Beech Street COMMPPO $3,228.76
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,309.48
Physicians, INC COMM $3,430.56
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $3,430.56
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $3,632.36
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,632.36

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Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $327.95 $32.62 – $925.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $649.89 $86.01 – $86.01
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $702.59 $68.58 – $995.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $640.45 $67.47 – $960.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $745.70 $67.47 – $932.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $702.59 $52.28 – $995.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $640.45 $82.43 – $960.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $640.45 $330.90 – $960.68

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