Fetal hemoglobin rosette 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

$2,519.63

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.

$2,519.63

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.

$7.70 with Texas Health Network vs $2,267.67 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
Texas Health Network MCD $7.70 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $7.86 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $7.86 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.86 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $7.86 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $7.86 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $7.86 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $7.86 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $7.86 ↓ -100%
United MGMCD $8.02 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $8.49 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $8.65 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $8.65 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $8.65 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STAR $8.65 ↓ -100%
Oscar MGMCR $9.17 ↓ -100%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $9.36 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $9.36 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.36 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.36 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health MGMCR $9.36 ↓ -100%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.36 ↓ -100%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $9.36 ↓ -100%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $9.36 ↓ -100%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $9.36 ↓ -100%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.36 ↓ -100%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.36 ↓ -100%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $9.36 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $9.36 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $9.36 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $9.36 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $9.36 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $9.36 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup DualEligible $9.36 ↓ -100%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $9.36 ↓ -100%
WellMed MGMCR $9.41 ↓ -100%
Van Lang IPA MCR $9.45 ↓ -100%
United MCR $9.55 ↓ -100%
WellCare PPO $9.64 ↓ -100%
WellCare PFFS $9.64 ↓ -100%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $9.64 ↓ -100%
WellCare MCRHMO $9.64 ↓ -100%
WellCare POS $9.64 ↓ -100%
WellCare SNP $9.64 ↓ -100%
American Health Plan MGMCR $9.83 ↓ -100%
Humana MCD $9.83 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $9.83 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $9.83 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $9.83 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $9.83 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $9.83 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $9.83 ↓ -100%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $9.83 ↓ -100%
Shared Health MGMCR $9.83 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $9.92 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $9.92 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $9.92 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $9.92 ↓ -100%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $9.92 ↓ -100%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $10.13 ↓ -100%
Molina MGMCR $10.20 ↓ -100%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $10.76 ↓ -100%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $11.23 ↓ -100%
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $12.17 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice HIX $13.57 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $13.57 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $14.51 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $14.51 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $18.53 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $18.91 ↓ -99%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $19.66 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare HIX $20.12 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $20.87 ↓ -99%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $22.74 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $26.11 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $27.05 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $27.99 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $29.86 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPExchange $34.27 ↓ -99%
Cigna CSN $39.01 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $42.26 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPPO $45.58 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBHMO $45.58 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPOS $45.58 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMHMO $48.42 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPPO $48.42 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPOS $48.42 ↓ -98%
Cigna PPO $50.28 ↓ -98%
Aetna OONPOS $56.88 ↓ -98%
Aetna OONPPO $56.88 ↓ -98%
Aetna OONHMO $56.88 ↓ -98%
Aetna ASAHMO $61.50 ↓ -98%
Aetna ASAPPO $61.50 ↓ -98%
Aetna ASAPOS $61.50 ↓ -98%
Humana PPO $101.28 ↓ -96%
Humana HMO $101.28 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $151.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $151.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $151.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $151.18 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $151.18 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $443.45 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $508.97 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $604.71 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $687.86 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $881.87 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $881.87 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,083.44 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $1,133.83 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,133.83 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,133.83 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,259.82 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,342.96 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,385.80 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,385.80 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,511.78 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,511.78 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,511.78 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $1,511.78 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,511.78 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,637.76 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $1,889.72 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $2,015.70 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,015.70 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,066.10 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,141.69 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,141.69 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,267.67 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,267.67 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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