Fern test at HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST
6002 FAIRMONT PKWY, PASADENA, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1174576698
$924.49
Cash price 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.
$924.49
Gross charge 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.
$9.55 with Oscar vs $832.04 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Oscar | MGMCR | $9.55 | ↓ -99% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $9.74 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $9.74 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $9.74 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $9.74 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $9.74 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $9.74 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $9.74 | ↓ -99% |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | MCR | $9.74 | ↓ -99% |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | COMM | $9.74 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $9.74 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $9.74 | ↓ -99% |
| United | SmallGroup | $9.74 | ↓ -99% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $9.74 | ↓ -99% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $9.74 | ↓ -99% |
| Kelsey Seybold | MGMCR | $9.74 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $9.74 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $9.74 | ↓ -99% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $9.74 | ↓ -99% |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $9.74 | ↓ -99% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $9.79 | ↓ -99% |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $9.84 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MCR | $9.93 | ↓ -99% |
| WellCare | SNP | $10.03 | ↓ -99% |
| WellCare | POS | $10.03 | ↓ -99% |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $10.03 | ↓ -99% |
| WellCare | PFFS | $10.03 | ↓ -99% |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $10.03 | ↓ -99% |
| WellCare | PPO | $10.03 | ↓ -99% |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $10.23 | ↓ -99% |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $10.23 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $10.23 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $10.23 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $10.23 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $10.23 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $10.23 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $10.23 | ↓ -99% |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $10.23 | ↓ -99% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $10.32 | ↓ -99% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $10.32 | ↓ -99% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $10.32 | ↓ -99% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $10.32 | ↓ -99% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $10.32 | ↓ -99% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $10.54 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina | MGMCR | $10.62 | ↓ -99% |
| Kindred Hospital | MGMCR | $11.20 | ↓ -99% |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $11.69 | ↓ -99% |
| Verda Health Plan | MCRSkilledNursing | $12.66 | ↓ -99% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $14.12 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $14.12 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior | EPO | $15.10 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior | HMO | $15.10 | ↓ -98% |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $19.29 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $19.67 | ↓ -98% |
| OMNI Healthcare | WORKERSCOMP | $20.45 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $20.94 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BAV | $21.72 | ↓ -98% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $23.67 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | HMO | $27.17 | ↓ -97% |
| Oscar | HIX | $28.15 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $29.12 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | PPO | $31.07 | ↓ -97% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $35.67 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | CSN | $40.44 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $43.80 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $47.43 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $47.43 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $47.43 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $50.39 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $50.39 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $50.39 | ↓ -95% |
| Cigna | PPO | $52.12 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $55.47 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $55.47 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $55.47 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $55.47 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $55.47 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $59.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $59.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $59.20 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $64.01 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $64.01 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $64.01 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | PPO | $94.87 | ↓ -90% |
| Humana | HMO | $94.87 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $120.18 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $120.18 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $120.18 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $120.18 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $129.43 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $129.43 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $162.71 | ↓ -82% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $186.75 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $219.10 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $219.10 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $221.88 | ↓ -76% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $252.39 | ↓ -73% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $323.57 | ↓ -65% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $323.57 | ↓ -65% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $369.80 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $397.53 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $416.02 | ↓ -55% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $416.02 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $416.02 | ↓ -55% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $462.25 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $492.75 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $508.47 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $508.47 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $554.69 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $554.69 | ↓ -40% |
| Prime Health Services | WORKERSCOMP | $554.69 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $554.69 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $554.69 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $600.92 | ↓ -35% |
| Fiesta Mart, Inc | COMM | $693.37 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $739.59 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $739.59 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $758.08 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $785.82 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $785.82 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $832.04 | ↓ -10% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $832.04 | ↓ -10% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $33.70 | $6.94 – $50.54 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $52.87 | $6.05 – $37.83 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $33.70 | $9.25 – $50.54 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $33.70 | $8.00 – $50.54 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $52.87 | $9.25 – $45.40 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $33.70 | $6.74 – $42.12 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $33.70 | $8.42 – $50.54 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $52.87 | $5.55 – $50.36 |