Hemoglobin copper sulfate 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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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.

$3.30 with Texas Health Network vs $43.39 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 $3.30
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3.37
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.37
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3.37
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.37
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.37
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.37
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $3.37
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.37
United MGMCD $3.44
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $3.64
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $3.71
Molina Healthcare CHIP $3.71
Molina Healthcare STAR $3.71
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $3.71
Oscar MGMCR $3.93
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $4.01
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.01
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $4.01
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.01
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.01
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.01
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $4.01
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $4.01
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $4.01
United SmallGroup $4.01
CHC Harris Health Indigent $4.01
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.01
BCBS MCRPPO $4.01
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $4.01
Devoted Health MGMCR $4.01
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $4.01
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $4.01
United AllPayerAppendix $4.01
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.01
WellMed MGMCR $4.03
Van Lang IPA MCR $4.05
United MCR $4.09
WellCare MCRHMO $4.13
WellCare POS $4.13
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $4.13
WellCare SNP $4.13
WellCare PFFS $4.13
WellCare PPO $4.13
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $4.21
Humana MCD $4.21
American Health Plan MGMCR $4.21
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $4.21
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $4.21
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $4.21
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $4.21
Superior Health Plan PFFS $4.21
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $4.21
Shared Health MGMCR $4.21
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $4.25
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $4.25
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $4.25
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $4.25
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $4.25
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4.34
Molina MGMCR $4.37
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $4.61
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $4.81
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $5.21
Community Health Choice HIX $5.81
Superior ValueHMO $5.81
Superior HMO $6.22
Superior EPO $6.22
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7.94
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.10
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $8.42
Molina Healthcare HIX $8.62
BCBS BAV $8.94
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $9.74
BCBS HMO $11.19
Oscar HIX $11.59
BCBS EPOSOA $11.99
BCBS PPO $12.79
Aetna QHPExchange $14.70
Cigna CSN $16.71
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $18.10
Aetna NBPPO $19.55
Aetna NBHMO $19.55
Aetna NBPOS $19.55
Aetna COMMPOS $20.77
Aetna COMMHMO $20.77
Aetna COMMPPO $20.77
Cigna PPO $21.54
Aetna OONHMO $24.40
Aetna OONPOS $24.40
Aetna OONPPO $24.40
Aetna ASAPPO $26.38
Aetna ASAPOS $26.38
Aetna ASAHMO $26.38
Humana PPO $43.39
Humana HMO $43.39
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Hemoglobin copper sulfate at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $3.61 – $15.44
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $3.30 – $16.71
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $3.37 – $16.71
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $8.77 – $17.48
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $3.30 – $16.71
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $3.30 – $16.71
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $3.37 – $16.71
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $3.37 – $16.71

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