Emg 3 ext w-w/o paraspinal area 95863 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

$2,430.32

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.

$2,430.32

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.

$145.82 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,187.29 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 STARPLUS $145.82 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $145.82 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $145.82 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $145.82 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $145.82 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $278.30 ↓ -89%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -88%
BCBS BAV $306.84 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $315.94 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $315.94 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $315.94 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $315.94 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $340.24 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $340.24 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $359.69 ↓ -85%
BCBS HMO $384.14 ↓ -84%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $388.85 ↓ -84%
BCBS EPOSOA $397.23 ↓ -84%
BCBS PPO $410.31 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $427.74 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $461.76 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $473.91 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $490.92 ↓ -80%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -79%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $575.99 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $575.99 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $583.28 ↓ -76%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $619.73 ↓ -75%
Aetna QHPExchange $644.03 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $663.48 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $780.13 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $780.13 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $780.13 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPOS $831.17 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $831.17 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $831.17 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $850.61 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $850.61 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $972.13 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $972.13 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $974.56 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $974.56 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $974.56 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,045.04 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,052.33 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,052.33 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,052.33 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $1,093.64 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,093.64 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,093.64 ↓ -55%
Humana PPO $1,144.06 ↓ -53%
Humana HMO $1,144.06 ↓ -53%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,215.16 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,295.36 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,336.68 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,336.68 ↓ -45%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $1,458.19 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,458.19 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,458.19 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,458.19 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,458.19 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,579.71 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $1,822.74 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,944.26 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,944.26 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,992.86 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,065.77 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,065.77 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,187.29 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,187.29 ↓ -10%

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