Enzyme histochemistry 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

$167.94

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.

$167.94

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.

$10.08 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,003.96 with BCBS — 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 CHPFC $10.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $10.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $10.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $10.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $10.08 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $21.83 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $21.83 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $21.83 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $21.83 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $23.51 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $23.51 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $29.56 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $32.75 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $33.92 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $39.80 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $39.80 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $40.31 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $42.82 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $45.85 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $58.78 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $58.78 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $67.18 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $72.21 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $75.57 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $75.57 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $75.57 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $83.97 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $89.51 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $92.37 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $92.37 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $100.76 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $100.76 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $100.76 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $100.76 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $100.76 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $109.16 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $125.95 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $134.35 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $134.35 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $137.71 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $142.75 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $142.75 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $151.15 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $151.15 ↓ -10%
Aetna QHPExchange $434.04 ↑ +158%
Cigna CSN $453.87 ↑ +170%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $491.61 ↑ +193%
Aetna NBPPO $577.22 ↑ +244%
Aetna NBHMO $577.22 ↑ +244%
Aetna NBPOS $577.22 ↑ +244%
Cigna PPO $584.90 ↑ +248%
Aetna COMMPPO $613.24 ↑ +265%
Aetna COMMHMO $613.24 ↑ +265%
Aetna COMMPOS $613.24 ↑ +265%
Humana PPO $627.88 ↑ +274%
Humana HMO $627.88 ↑ +274%
United AllPayerAppendix $656.15 ↑ +291%
United SmallGroup $656.15 ↑ +291%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $656.15 ↑ +291%
Aetna OONPOS $720.40 ↑ +329%
Aetna OONPPO $720.40 ↑ +329%
Aetna OONHMO $720.40 ↑ +329%
Aetna ASAPOS $778.93 ↑ +364%
Aetna ASAPPO $778.93 ↑ +364%
Aetna ASAHMO $778.93 ↑ +364%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,268.96 ↑ +656%
BCBS BAV $1,400.89 ↑ +734%
BCBS HMO $1,752.68 ↑ +944%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,878.32 ↑ +1018%
BCBS PPO $2,003.96 ↑ +1093%
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