Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus 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

$990.63

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.

$990.63

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.

$28.89 with Texas Health Network vs $891.57 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 $28.89 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $29.48 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $29.48 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $29.48 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $29.48 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $29.48 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $29.48 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $29.48 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $29.48 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $30.07 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $31.84 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $32.43 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $32.43 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $32.43 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $32.43 ↓ -97%
Oscar MGMCR $34.39 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $35.09 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MGMCR $35.09 ↓ -96%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $35.09 ↓ -96%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $35.09 ↓ -96%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $35.09 ↓ -96%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $35.09 ↓ -96%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $35.09 ↓ -96%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $35.09 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup DualEligible $35.09 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $35.09 ↓ -96%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $35.09 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $35.09 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $35.09 ↓ -96%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $35.09 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRPPO $35.09 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $35.09 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $35.09 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $35.09 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $35.09 ↓ -96%
WellMed MGMCR $35.27 ↓ -96%
Van Lang IPA MCR $35.44 ↓ -96%
United MCR $35.79 ↓ -96%
WellCare SNP $36.14 ↓ -96%
WellCare PPO $36.14 ↓ -96%
WellCare POS $36.14 ↓ -96%
WellCare MCRHMO $36.14 ↓ -96%
WellCare PFFS $36.14 ↓ -96%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $36.14 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $36.84 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $36.84 ↓ -96%
American Health Plan MGMCR $36.84 ↓ -96%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $36.84 ↓ -96%
Shared Health MGMCR $36.84 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $36.84 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $36.84 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $36.84 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $36.84 ↓ -96%
Humana MCD $36.85 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $37.20 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $37.20 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $37.20 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $37.20 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $37.20 ↓ -96%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $37.98 ↓ -96%
Molina MGMCR $38.25 ↓ -96%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $40.35 ↓ -96%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $42.11 ↓ -96%
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $45.62 ↓ -95%
Superior ValueHMO $50.88 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice HIX $50.88 ↓ -95%
Superior HMO $54.39 ↓ -95%
Superior EPO $54.39 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $59.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $59.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $59.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $59.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $59.44 ↓ -94%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $69.48 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $70.88 ↓ -93%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $73.69 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare HIX $75.44 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $78.25 ↓ -92%
BCBS HMO $97.90 ↓ -90%
Oscar HIX $101.41 ↓ -90%
BCBS EPOSOA $104.92 ↓ -89%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $105.29 ↓ -89%
BCBS PPO $111.94 ↓ -89%
Aetna QHPExchange $128.55 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $144.97 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $157.02 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBPPO $170.95 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBHMO $170.95 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBPOS $170.95 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $174.35 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMPPO $181.62 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMHMO $181.62 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMPOS $181.62 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $186.82 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $200.11 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONHMO $213.36 ↓ -78%
Aetna OONPPO $213.36 ↓ -78%
Aetna OONPOS $213.36 ↓ -78%
Aetna ASAPPO $230.70 ↓ -77%
Aetna ASAPOS $230.70 ↓ -77%
Aetna ASAHMO $230.70 ↓ -77%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $237.75 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $270.44 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $346.72 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $346.72 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $425.97 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $445.78 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $445.78 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $445.78 ↓ -55%
Humana PPO $468.83 ↓ -53%
Humana HMO $468.83 ↓ -53%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $495.31 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $528.01 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $544.85 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $544.85 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $594.38 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $594.38 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $594.38 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $594.38 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $594.38 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $643.91 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $742.97 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $792.50 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $792.50 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $812.32 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $842.04 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $842.04 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $891.57 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $891.57 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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