Echocardiograpy doppler follow up/limited study 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.

$46.38 with BCBS vs $3,985.69 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 $46.38
BCBS BAV $51.14
BCBS HMO $64.02
BCBS EPOSOA $66.20
BCBS PPO $68.38
Humana HMO $187.50
Humana PPO $187.50
Superior Health Plan CHIP $265.71
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $265.71
Superior Health Plan STARKids $265.71
Superior Health Plan STAR $265.71
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $265.71
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $575.71
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $575.71
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $575.71
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $575.71
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $620.00
Amerigroup MGMCD $620.00
Cigna CSN $655.42
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $708.57
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $779.42
Cigna PPO $841.42
Oscar HIX $863.57
United OptionsPPO $894.57
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,049.56
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,049.56
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,062.85
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,129.28
Aetna QHPExchange $1,173.56
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,195.71
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,208.99
CHC Harris Health Indigent $1,328.56
Aetna NBPPO $1,421.56
Aetna NBPOS $1,421.56
Aetna NBHMO $1,421.56
Aetna COMMPPO $1,514.56
Aetna COMMHMO $1,514.56
Aetna COMMPOS $1,514.56
BCBS Traditional $1,549.99
Imagine Health PPO $1,549.99
Curative Administrators COMM $1,771.42
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,771.42
Aetna OONPPO $1,775.84
Aetna OONHMO $1,775.84
Aetna OONPOS $1,775.84
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,904.27
Aetna ASAPPO $1,917.56
Aetna ASAPOS $1,917.56
Aetna ASAHMO $1,917.56
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,992.84
United GlobalAppendix $1,992.84
Averde Health Commercial $1,992.84
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $2,214.27
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,360.41
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,435.70
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,435.70
Beech Street WCOMP $2,657.12
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,657.12
Independent Medical System COMM $2,657.12
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,657.12
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $2,657.12
Coastal Comp COMM $2,878.55
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $3,321.41
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $3,542.83
Beech Street COMMPPO $3,542.83
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,631.40
Physicians, INC COMM $3,764.26
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $3,764.26
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $3,985.69
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,985.69

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Echocardiograpy doppler follow up/limited study at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $349.30 $28.94 – $925.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $572.29 $60.85 – $810.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $547.57 $59.86 – $917.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $490.82 $59.86 – $917.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $572.29 $46.38 – $917.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $547.57 $73.14 – $917.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $547.57 $282.91 – $821.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $490.82 $59.86 – $736.24

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