Hmes or trach valve housing 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.

$6.55 with Oscar vs $51.43 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 $6.55
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $6.68
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.68
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.68
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $6.68
CHC Harris Health Indigent $6.68
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $6.68
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $6.68
Amerigroup DualEligible $6.68
BCBS MCRPPO $6.68
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $6.68
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $6.68
Devoted Health MGMCR $6.68
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $6.68
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $6.68
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $6.68
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $6.68
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $6.68
WellMed MGMCR $6.71
Van Lang IPA MCR $6.75
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6.76
United MCR $6.81
WellCare PFFS $6.88
WellCare MCRHMO $6.88
WellCare POS $6.88
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $6.88
WellCare SNP $6.88
WellCare PPO $6.88
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $7.01
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $7.01
Shared Health MGMCR $7.01
American Health Plan MGMCR $7.01
Superior Health Plan PFFS $7.01
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $7.01
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $7.01
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $7.01
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $7.01
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $7.08
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $7.08
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $7.08
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $7.08
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $7.08
Molina MGMCR $7.28
BCBS BAV $7.47
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $7.68
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $8.02
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $8.68
BCBS HMO $9.32
Community Health Choice HIX $9.69
Superior ValueHMO $9.69
BCBS EPOSOA $9.86
Superior HMO $10.35
Superior EPO $10.35
BCBS PPO $10.41
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $13.23
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $14.03
Molina Healthcare HIX $14.36
Humana HMO $51.43
Humana PPO $51.43

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