Inj, biorphen, 20 micrograms 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

$24.60

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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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$24.60

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.

$0.18 with Christus (USFHP) vs $22.14 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 $0.18 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $0.26 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $0.26 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.26 ↓ -99%
Cigna CSN $0.41 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.41 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $0.45 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.45 ↓ -98%
Cigna PPO $0.53 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $0.57 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $0.57 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $0.57 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.48 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.48 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.20 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.20 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.20 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.20 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.44 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $3.44 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $4.33 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $4.97 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $5.83 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $5.83 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $5.90 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $6.64 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $7.38 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $7.85 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $7.85 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $8.61 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $10.58 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $11.07 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $13.11 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $13.53 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $13.53 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $14.76 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $14.76 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $14.76 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $14.76 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $14.76 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $15.99 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $18.45 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $19.68 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $19.68 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $20.17 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $20.91 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $20.91 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $22.14 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $22.14 ↓ -10%

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