Gallbladder Function Scan (HIDA with Medication) at HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST

6002 FAIRMONT PKWY, PASADENA, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1174576698

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$4,407.12

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.

$4,407.12

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.

$264.43 with Superior Health Plan vs $4,167.89 with Aetna — 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 STARKids $264.43 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $264.43 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $264.43 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $264.43 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $264.43 ↓ -94%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -93%
Texas Health Network MCD $399.15 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup MGMCD $407.30 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $433.04 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $433.04 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $433.04 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $433.04 ↓ -90%
United MGMCD $441.70 ↓ -90%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $448.03 ↓ -90%
Molina Healthcare STAR $448.03 ↓ -90%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $448.03 ↓ -90%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $448.03 ↓ -90%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $467.68 ↓ -89%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -89%
Humana MCD $509.13 ↓ -88%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $610.95 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $610.95 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $610.95 ↓ -86%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $735.77 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $890.24 ↓ -80%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $929.86 ↓ -79%
BCBS BAV $932.25 ↓ -79%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,057.71 ↓ -76%
United SmallGroup $1,101.15 ↓ -75%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,123.82 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,203.14 ↓ -73%
BCBS HMO $1,421.37 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $1,460.08 ↓ -67%
Humana PPO $1,460.08 ↓ -67%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,525.88 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $1,542.49 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $1,542.49 ↓ -65%
BCBS PPO $1,630.39 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,762.85 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,762.85 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,895.06 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,983.20 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,983.20 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $1,983.20 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,282.89 ↓ -48%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,423.92 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,423.92 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,644.27 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $2,644.27 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,644.27 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $2,644.27 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $2,864.63 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBPPO $3,081.30 ↓ -30%
Aetna NBPOS $3,081.30 ↓ -30%
Aetna NBHMO $3,081.30 ↓ -30%
Aetna COMMPPO $3,278.58 ↓ -26%
Aetna COMMPOS $3,278.58 ↓ -26%
Aetna COMMHMO $3,278.58 ↓ -26%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $3,305.34 ↓ -25%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $3,305.34 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $3,525.70 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,613.84 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $3,746.05 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $3,746.05 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $3,746.05 ↓ -15%
Aetna OONPOS $3,854.75 ↓ -13%
Aetna OONHMO $3,854.75 ↓ -13%
Aetna OONPPO $3,854.75 ↓ -13%
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,966.41 ↓ -10%
Aetna ASAPOS $4,167.89 ↓ -5%
Aetna ASAHMO $4,167.89 ↓ -5%
Aetna ASAPPO $4,167.89 ↓ -5%

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Gallbladder Function Scan (HIDA with Medication) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $1,864.45 $386.94 – $3,995.25
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,900.64 $390.26 – $2,375.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,968.94 $405.27 – $2,953.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,968.31 $390.26 – $2,460.39
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,900.64 $390.26 – $2,375.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,968.94 $417.58 – $2,953.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,968.94 $390.26 – $2,953.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,968.31 $390.26 – $2,952.47

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