Emg 2 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95861 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

$1,944.55

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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$1,944.55

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.

$116.67 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,750.10 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $116.67 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $116.67 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $116.67 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $116.67 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $116.67 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $252.79 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $252.79 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $252.79 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $252.79 ↓ -87%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $255.13 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $272.24 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $272.24 ↓ -86%
BCBS BAV $281.30 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $287.79 ↓ -85%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $311.13 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $342.24 ↓ -82%
BCBS HMO $352.17 ↓ -82%
BCBS EPOSOA $364.16 ↓ -81%
Cigna PPO $369.46 ↓ -81%
BCBS PPO $376.15 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $379.19 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $392.80 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $460.86 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $460.86 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $466.69 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $495.86 ↓ -75%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna QHPExchange $515.31 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $530.86 ↓ -73%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -69%
Aetna NBPPO $624.20 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $624.20 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $624.20 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPOS $665.04 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $665.04 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $665.04 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $680.59 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $680.59 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $777.82 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $777.82 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $779.76 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $779.76 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $779.76 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $836.16 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $841.99 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $841.99 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $841.99 ↓ -57%
Humana PPO $854.59 ↓ -56%
Humana HMO $854.59 ↓ -56%
Averde Health Commercial $875.05 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $875.05 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $875.05 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $972.27 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,036.45 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,069.50 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,069.50 ↓ -45%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $1,166.73 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,166.73 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,166.73 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,166.73 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,166.73 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,263.96 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $1,458.41 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,555.64 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,555.64 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,594.53 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,652.87 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,652.87 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,750.10 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,750.10 ↓ -10%

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