Heparin, porcine (pf) 10 unit/ml flush (wrapper) 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.

$0.02 with Christus (USFHP) vs $25.72 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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.02
United AllPayerAppendix $0.03
United SmallGroup $0.03
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.03
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.05
Cigna CSN $0.05
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.06
Cigna PPO $0.06
BCBS BAV $0.06
BCBS HMO $0.08
BCBS PPO $0.08
BCBS EPOSOA $0.08
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.71
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.71
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.71
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1.71
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.71
Humana HMO $2.05
Humana PPO $2.05
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.72
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.72
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.72
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.72
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $4.00
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.00
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $5.03
United OptionsPPO $5.77
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $6.77
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $6.77
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $6.86
Molina Healthcare HIX $7.72
CHC Harris Health Indigent $8.57
BCBS Traditional $10.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $12.29
United GlobalAppendix $12.86
Coventry National First Health COMM $15.23
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $15.72
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $15.72
Independent Medical System COMM $17.15
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $17.15
Beech Street WCOMP $17.15
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $17.15
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $17.15
Coastal Comp COMM $18.58
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $21.43
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $22.86
Beech Street COMMPPO $22.86
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $23.44
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $24.29
Physicians, INC COMM $24.29
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $25.72
Affiliated PPO COMM $25.72

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Heparin, porcine (pf) 10 unit/ml flush (wrapper) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $30.12 $0.12 – $0.12
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $65.44 $0.02 – $2.05
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $56.70 $0.07 – $0.12
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $32.05 $0.02 – $2.05
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $61.74 $0.02 – $2.05
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $61.65 $0.02 – $2.05
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $28.84 $0.03 – $54.75
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $281.97 $0.02 – $35.06

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