ER Visit (level 2) 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

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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.

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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.

$50.33 with Texas Health Network vs $1,750.00 with United — 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
Texas Health Network MCD $50.33
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $51.36
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $51.36
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $51.36
United MGMCD $52.39
Humana MCD $64.20
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $77.04
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $140.00
Molina Healthcare STAR $140.00
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $140.00
Molina Healthcare CHIP $140.00
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $256.48
United OptionsPPO $294.37
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $300.00
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $300.00
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $300.00
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $300.00
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $349.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $363.00
BCBS Traditional $510.06
BCBS MyBlueHealth $526.00
Oscar HIX $528.00
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $582.92
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $626.64
Imagine Health PPO $630.00
United GlobalAppendix $655.78
BCBS BAV $665.00
Aetna QHPExchange $709.00
Coventry National First Health COMM $776.74
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $801.51
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $801.51
BCBS PPO $832.00
BCBS EPOSOA $832.00
BCBS HMO $832.00
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $874.38
Independent Medical System COMM $874.38
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $874.38
Beech Street WCOMP $874.38
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $874.38
Aetna NBHMO $940.00
Aetna NBPOS $940.00
Coastal Comp COMM $947.25
Humana PPO $950.00
Humana HMO $950.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $973.00
Averde Health Commercial $1,000.00
Aetna COMMPOS $1,001.00
Aetna COMMHMO $1,001.00
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,011.00
Cigna CSN $1,090.00
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $1,092.97
Curative Administrators COMM $1,123.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,144.00
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,165.84
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,165.84
Aetna OONPOS $1,177.00
Aetna OONHMO $1,177.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,181.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,194.99
Aetna NBPPO $1,215.00
United SmallGroup $1,225.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,238.70
Physicians, INC COMM $1,238.70
Aetna ASAPOS $1,272.00
Aetna ASAHMO $1,272.00
Aetna COMMPPO $1,293.00
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,311.57
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,311.57
Cigna PPO $1,404.00
Aetna OONPPO $1,520.00
Aetna ASAPPO $1,641.00
United AllPayerAppendix $1,750.00

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ER Visit (level 2) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $508.20 $48.79 – $1,089.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $873.97 $492.65 – $492.65
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $469.39 $132.99 – $6,299.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $481.37 $99.08 – $1,718.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $561.69 $112.34 – $1,718.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $469.39 $125.17 – $1,718.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $481.37 $146.53 – $1,718.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $481.37 $248.71 – $1,185.00

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