Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler at HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST
6002 FAIRMONT PKWY, PASADENA, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1174576698
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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.
$162.49 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,437.37 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 |
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| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $162.49 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $162.49 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $162.49 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $162.49 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $162.49 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $352.06 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $352.06 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $352.06 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $352.06 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $379.15 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $379.15 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $400.81 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $433.31 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $476.64 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $514.56 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $528.10 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $547.05 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $641.84 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $641.84 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $649.97 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $690.59 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $717.67 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $739.34 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $864.18 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $864.18 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $869.33 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $869.33 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $869.33 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $926.20 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $926.20 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $926.20 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $947.87 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $947.87 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,083.28 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,083.28 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,085.98 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,085.98 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,085.98 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $1,164.52 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,172.65 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,172.65 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,172.65 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,218.69 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $1,218.69 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $1,218.69 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $1,354.10 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,443.47 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,489.50 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,489.50 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,593.12 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,624.91 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,624.91 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $1,624.91 | — |
| Prime Health Services | WORKERSCOMP | $1,624.91 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,624.91 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $1,756.52 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,760.32 | — |
| Fiesta Mart, Inc | COMM | $2,031.14 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $2,166.55 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $2,166.55 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $2,199.05 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,220.72 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $2,273.94 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $2,301.96 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $2,301.96 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $2,348.83 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $2,437.37 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $2,437.37 | — |
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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $12,383.32 | $1,593.12 – $1,593.12 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $4,974.84 | $1,593.12 – $1,593.12 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | $2,850.54 | $2,321.60 – $2,321.60 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $18,772.48 | $1,593.12 – $1,593.12 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $3,150.00 | $100.00 – $9,000.00 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $1,356.90 | $100.00 – $8,141.40 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $3,150.00 | $100.00 – $9,000.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $3,150.00 | $100.00 – $9,000.00 |