Immunofluorescence per specimen initial single antibody stain 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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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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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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$61.38 with Superior Health Plan vs $920.64 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

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

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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $61.38
Superior Health Plan CHIP $61.38
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $61.38
Superior Health Plan STAR $61.38
Superior Health Plan STARKids $61.38
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $132.98
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $132.98
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $132.98
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $132.98
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $143.21
Amerigroup MGMCD $143.21
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $180.04
Oscar HIX $199.47
United OptionsPPO $206.63
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $242.43
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $242.43
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $245.50
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $260.85
Evry Health BroadNetwork $279.26
United SmallGroup $291.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $291.26
United AllPayerAppendix $291.26
BCBS Traditional $358.03
Imagine Health PPO $358.03
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $409.17
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $439.86
Aetna QHPExchange $451.20
United GlobalAppendix $460.32
Averde Health Commercial $460.32
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $460.32
Cigna CSN $486.22
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $511.46
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $526.64
Coventry National First Health COMM $545.22
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $562.61
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $562.61
BCBS MyBlueHealth $572.49
Humana PPO $587.63
Humana HMO $587.63
Aetna NBPPO $600.04
Aetna NBHMO $600.04
Aetna NBPOS $600.04
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $613.76
Independent Medical System COMM $613.76
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $613.76
Beech Street WCOMP $613.76
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $613.76
Cigna PPO $626.58
BCBS BAV $632.00
Aetna COMMPPO $637.48
Aetna COMMHMO $637.48
Aetna COMMPOS $637.48
Coastal Comp COMM $664.90
Aetna OONPPO $748.88
Aetna OONPOS $748.88
Aetna OONHMO $748.88
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $767.20
BCBS HMO $790.71
Aetna ASAPOS $809.73
Aetna ASAHMO $809.73
Aetna ASAPPO $809.73
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $818.34
Beech Street COMMPPO $818.34
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $838.80
BCBS EPOSOA $847.40
Physicians, INC COMM $869.49
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $869.49
BCBS PPO $904.08
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $920.64
Affiliated PPO COMM $920.64
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Immunofluorescence per specimen initial single antibody stain at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $120.65 $203.38 – $344.70
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,007.00 $13.80 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,007.00 $10.03 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,007.00 $9.74 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,007.00 $12.99 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,007.00 $15.64 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,007.00 $25.17 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,007.00 $16.24 – $423.12

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