Ghs plt ct-manual 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.

$3.55 with Texas Health Network vs $57.56 with Humana — 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 $3.55
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3.62
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.62
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3.62
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.62
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.62
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.62
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $3.62
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.62
United MGMCD $3.69
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $3.91
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $3.98
Molina Healthcare CHIP $3.98
Molina Healthcare STAR $3.98
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $3.98
Oscar MGMCR $4.22
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $4.31
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.31
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $4.31
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.31
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.31
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.31
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $4.31
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $4.31
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $4.31
United SmallGroup $4.31
CHC Harris Health Indigent $4.31
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.31
BCBS MCRPPO $4.31
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $4.31
Devoted Health MGMCR $4.31
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $4.31
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $4.31
United AllPayerAppendix $4.31
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.31
WellMed MGMCR $4.33
Van Lang IPA MCR $4.35
United MCR $4.40
WellCare MCRHMO $4.44
WellCare POS $4.44
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $4.44
WellCare SNP $4.44
WellCare PFFS $4.44
WellCare PPO $4.44
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $4.53
Humana MCD $4.53
American Health Plan MGMCR $4.53
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $4.53
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $4.53
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $4.53
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $4.53
Superior Health Plan PFFS $4.53
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $4.53
Shared Health MGMCR $4.53
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $4.57
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $4.57
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $4.57
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $4.57
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $4.57
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4.66
Molina MGMCR $4.70
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $4.96
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.17
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $5.60
Community Health Choice HIX $6.25
Superior ValueHMO $6.25
Superior HMO $6.68
Superior EPO $6.68
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $8.53
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.71
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $9.05
Molina Healthcare HIX $9.27
BCBS BAV $9.61
BCBS HMO $12.02
Oscar HIX $12.46
BCBS EPOSOA $12.89
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $12.93
BCBS PPO $13.75
Aetna QHPExchange $15.81
Cigna CSN $18.14
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $19.65
Aetna NBPPO $21.02
Aetna NBHMO $21.02
Aetna NBPOS $21.02
Aetna COMMPOS $22.34
Aetna COMMHMO $22.34
Aetna COMMPPO $22.34
Cigna PPO $23.38
Aetna OONHMO $26.24
Aetna OONPOS $26.24
Aetna OONPPO $26.24
Aetna ASAPPO $28.37
Aetna ASAPOS $28.37
Aetna ASAHMO $28.37
Humana PPO $57.56
Humana HMO $57.56
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Ghs plt ct-manual at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $39.06 $3.44 – $83.70
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $64.46 $3.62 – $80.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $44.40 $6.32 – $66.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $44.40 $3.62 – $55.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $64.46 $3.62 – $80.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $44.40 $3.87 – $66.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $44.40 $3.62 – $66.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $44.40 $3.62 – $66.60

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