Gastric emptying imag study 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

$4,410.00

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.

$4,410.00

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.

$264.60 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,969.00 with Multiplan — 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 STAR $264.60 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $264.60 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $264.60 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $264.60 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $264.60 ↓ -94%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -93%
Texas Health Network MCD $406.04 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup MGMCD $414.33 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $414.33 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $414.33 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $414.33 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $427.69 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $427.69 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $427.69 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $427.69 ↓ -90%
United MGMCD $436.24 ↓ -90%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $455.76 ↓ -90%
Molina Healthcare STAR $455.76 ↓ -90%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $455.76 ↓ -90%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $455.76 ↓ -90%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $461.91 ↓ -90%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -89%
Humana MCD $517.91 ↓ -88%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -86%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $765.58 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $776.16 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $890.82 ↓ -80%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $929.86 ↓ -79%
BCBS BAV $970.03 ↓ -78%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $1,058.40 ↓ -76%
United SmallGroup $1,101.15 ↓ -75%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,124.55 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,203.93 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $1,407.23 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $1,407.23 ↓ -68%
BCBS HMO $1,478.97 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $1,543.50 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $1,543.50 ↓ -65%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,587.71 ↓ -64%
BCBS PPO $1,696.46 ↓ -62%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,764.00 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,764.00 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,896.30 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $1,984.50 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,984.50 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,984.50 ↓ -55%
Aetna QHPExchange $2,188.92 ↓ -50%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $2,205.00 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,350.53 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,425.50 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,425.50 ↓ -45%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $2,646.00 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $2,646.00 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,646.00 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,646.00 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $2,646.00 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $2,866.50 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBHMO $2,909.29 ↓ -34%
Aetna NBPPO $2,909.29 ↓ -34%
Aetna NBPOS $2,909.29 ↓ -34%
Aetna COMMPPO $3,094.79 ↓ -30%
Aetna COMMHMO $3,094.79 ↓ -30%
Aetna COMMPOS $3,094.79 ↓ -30%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $3,307.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $3,528.00 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $3,528.00 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,616.20 ↓ -18%
Aetna OONPOS $3,638.93 ↓ -17%
Aetna OONHMO $3,638.93 ↓ -17%
Aetna OONPPO $3,638.93 ↓ -17%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $3,748.50 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $3,748.50 ↓ -15%
Aetna ASAPPO $3,932.64 ↓ -11%
Aetna ASAPOS $3,932.64 ↓ -11%
Aetna ASAHMO $3,932.64 ↓ -11%
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,969.00 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $3,969.00 ↓ -10%

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