Hand-held pefr meter a4614 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.

$33.21 with Oscar vs $260.64 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
Oscar MGMCR $33.21
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $33.89
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $33.89
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $33.89
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $33.89
CHC Harris Health Indigent $33.89
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $33.89
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $33.89
Amerigroup DualEligible $33.89
BCBS MCRPPO $33.89
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $33.89
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $33.89
Devoted Health MGMCR $33.89
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $33.89
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $33.89
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $33.89
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $33.89
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $33.89
WellMed MGMCR $34.06
Van Lang IPA MCR $34.23
BCBS MyBlueHealth $34.26
United MCR $34.57
WellCare PFFS $34.91
WellCare MCRHMO $34.91
WellCare POS $34.91
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $34.91
WellCare SNP $34.91
WellCare PPO $34.91
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $35.58
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $35.58
Shared Health MGMCR $35.58
American Health Plan MGMCR $35.58
Superior Health Plan PFFS $35.58
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $35.58
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $35.58
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $35.58
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $35.58
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $35.92
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $35.92
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $35.92
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $35.92
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $35.92
Molina MGMCR $36.94
BCBS BAV $37.85
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $38.97
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $40.67
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $44.06
BCBS HMO $47.25
Community Health Choice HIX $49.14
Superior ValueHMO $49.14
BCBS EPOSOA $50.01
Superior HMO $52.53
Superior EPO $52.53
BCBS PPO $52.77
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $67.10
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $71.17
Molina Healthcare HIX $72.86
Humana HMO $260.64
Humana PPO $260.64

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Hand-held pefr meter a4614 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $212.00 $33.21 – $72.86
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $33.21 – $72.86
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $33.21 – $72.86
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $31.77 – $31.77
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $33.21 – $72.86
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $33.21 – $72.86
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $33.21 – $72.86
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $33.21 – $72.86

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