Emg thor paraspinal without t1/t2 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

$1,200.17

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.

$1,200.17

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.

$72.01 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,080.15 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.

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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 $72.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $72.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $72.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $72.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $72.01 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $156.02 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $156.02 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $156.02 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $156.02 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $168.02 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $168.02 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $177.63 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $192.03 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $211.23 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $228.03 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $234.03 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $242.43 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $284.44 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $284.44 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $288.04 ↓ -76%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $306.04 ↓ -75%
Aetna QHPExchange $318.05 ↓ -73%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $323.74 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $327.65 ↓ -73%
BCBS BAV $356.94 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBPPO $385.25 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $385.25 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $385.25 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMHMO $410.46 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $410.46 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $410.46 ↓ -66%
Imagine Health PPO $420.06 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $420.06 ↓ -65%
BCBS HMO $446.87 ↓ -63%
BCBS EPOSOA $462.09 ↓ -61%
BCBS PPO $477.31 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $480.07 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $480.07 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $481.27 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $481.27 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $481.27 ↓ -60%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $516.07 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $519.67 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $519.67 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $519.67 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $540.08 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $540.08 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $540.08 ↓ -55%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -50%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $600.09 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $639.69 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $660.09 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $660.09 ↓ -45%
Humana PPO $686.86 ↓ -43%
Humana HMO $686.86 ↓ -43%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $720.10 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $720.10 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $720.10 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $720.10 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $720.10 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $780.11 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $900.13 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $960.14 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $960.14 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $984.14 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,020.14 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,020.14 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,080.15 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,080.15 ↓ -10%

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