Heparin assay 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

$2,370.42

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.

$2,370.42

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.

$10.78 with Texas Health Network vs $2,133.38 with Affiliated PPO — 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 $10.78 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $11.00 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $11.00 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $11.00 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $11.00 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $11.00 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $11.00 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $11.00 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $11.00 ↓ -100%
United MGMCD $11.22 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $11.88 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $12.10 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $12.10 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $12.10 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $12.10 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $12.83 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $13.09 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.09 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.09 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $13.09 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $13.09 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.09 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $13.09 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $13.09 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $13.09 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $13.09 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $13.09 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $13.09 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $13.09 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $13.09 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $13.09 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.09 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.09 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $13.09 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $13.09 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $13.16 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $13.22 ↓ -99%
United MCR $13.35 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $13.48 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $13.48 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $13.48 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $13.48 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $13.48 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $13.48 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $13.74 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $13.74 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $13.74 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $13.74 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $13.74 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $13.74 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $13.74 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $13.74 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $13.74 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $13.75 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $13.88 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $13.88 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $13.88 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $13.88 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $13.88 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $14.17 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $14.27 ↓ -99%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $15.05 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $15.71 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $17.02 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $18.98 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $18.98 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $20.29 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $20.29 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $25.92 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $26.44 ↓ -99%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $27.49 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare HIX $28.14 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $29.19 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $36.52 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $37.83 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $39.14 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $39.26 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $41.76 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPExchange $47.96 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $54.38 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $58.91 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBHMO $63.78 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBPPO $63.78 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBPOS $63.78 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMPPO $67.76 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMPOS $67.76 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMHMO $67.76 ↓ -97%
Cigna PPO $70.08 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONHMO $79.60 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPOS $79.60 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPPO $79.60 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPOS $86.07 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASAHMO $86.07 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASAPPO $86.07 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $142.23 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $142.23 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $142.23 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $142.23 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $142.23 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $174.85 ↓ -93%
Humana HMO $174.85 ↓ -93%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $417.19 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $478.82 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $568.90 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $647.12 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $829.65 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $829.65 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,019.28 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $1,066.69 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,066.69 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,066.69 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,185.21 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,263.43 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,303.73 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,303.73 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,422.25 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,422.25 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,422.25 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $1,422.25 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,422.25 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,540.77 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $1,777.82 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,896.34 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,896.34 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,943.74 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,014.86 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,014.86 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,133.38 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,133.38 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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