Electron microscopy diagnostic 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.
$471.16 with Superior Health Plan vs $7,067.43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $471.16 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $471.16 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $471.16 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $471.16 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $471.16 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $656.15 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $656.15 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $656.15 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $1,020.85 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $1,020.85 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $1,020.85 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $1,020.85 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $1,099.38 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $1,099.38 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,268.96 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,382.08 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $1,400.89 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,453.18 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $1,531.28 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,586.25 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $1,650.99 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,752.68 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,788.25 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $1,861.09 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $1,861.09 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,878.32 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $1,884.65 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,932.55 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,932.55 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,932.55 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,002.44 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $2,003.96 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $2,053.15 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $2,053.15 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $2,053.15 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,127.60 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $2,143.79 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $2,411.92 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $2,411.92 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $2,411.92 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $2,607.89 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $2,607.89 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $2,607.89 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,748.45 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $2,748.45 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $2,781.28 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $2,781.28 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $3,141.08 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $3,376.66 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $3,533.72 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $3,533.72 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $3,533.72 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $3,926.35 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $4,185.49 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $4,318.98 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $4,318.98 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $4,711.62 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $4,711.62 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $4,711.62 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $4,711.62 | — |
| Prime Health Services | WORKERSCOMP | $4,711.62 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $5,104.26 | — |
| Fiesta Mart, Inc | COMM | $5,889.52 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $6,282.16 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $6,282.16 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $6,439.21 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $6,674.80 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $6,674.80 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $7,067.43 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $7,067.43 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Electron microscopy diagnostic at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,817.00 | $35.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,817.00 | $36.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,817.00 | $36.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,817.00 | $35.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,817.00 | $36.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,817.00 | $26.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,817.00 | $36.00 – $2,130.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,817.00 | $35.00 – $2,130.15 |