Iron binding capacity 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

$1,022.93

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.

$1,022.93

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.

$7.19 with Texas Health Network 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
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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 $7.19 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $7.34 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $7.34 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.34 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $7.34 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $7.34 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $7.34 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $7.34 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $7.34 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $7.49 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $7.93 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $8.07 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $8.07 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $8.07 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $8.07 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $8.57 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $8.74 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $8.74 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8.74 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $8.74 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $8.74 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.74 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $8.74 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $8.74 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $8.74 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.74 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $8.74 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $8.74 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $8.74 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $8.74 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $8.74 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $8.74 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $8.74 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $8.74 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $8.74 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $8.78 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $8.83 ↓ -99%
United MCR $8.91 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $9.00 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $9.00 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $9.00 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $9.00 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $9.00 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $9.00 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $9.18 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $9.18 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $9.18 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $9.18 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $9.18 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $9.18 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $9.18 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $9.18 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $9.18 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $9.18 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $9.26 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $9.26 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $9.26 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $9.26 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $9.26 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $9.46 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $9.53 ↓ -99%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $10.05 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $10.49 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $11.36 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $12.67 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $12.67 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $13.55 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $13.55 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $17.31 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $17.65 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $18.35 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $18.79 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $19.49 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $24.38 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $25.26 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $26.13 ↓ -97%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $26.22 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $27.88 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPExchange $32.00 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $36.24 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $39.26 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBHMO $42.56 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPOS $42.56 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPPO $42.56 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPOS $45.22 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPPO $45.22 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMHMO $45.22 ↓ -96%
Cigna PPO $46.70 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONHMO $53.12 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPOS $53.12 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPPO $53.12 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPPO $57.44 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAHMO $57.44 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAPOS $57.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $61.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $61.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $61.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $61.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $61.38 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $116.75 ↓ -89%
Humana HMO $116.75 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $180.04 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $206.63 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $245.50 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $279.26 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $358.03 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $358.03 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $439.86 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $460.32 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $460.32 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $460.32 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $511.46 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $545.22 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $562.61 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $562.61 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $613.76 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $613.76 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $613.76 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $613.76 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $613.76 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $664.90 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $767.20 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $818.34 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $818.34 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $838.80 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $869.49 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $869.49 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $920.64 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $920.64 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Iron binding capacity at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $55.76 $6.97 – $119.48
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $160.38 $7.87 – $33.65
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $98.05 $7.34 – $122.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $100.85 $12.00 – $151.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $89.65 $7.34 – $112.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $98.05 $7.34 – $122.56
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $100.85 $7.85 – $151.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $100.85 $7.34 – $151.28

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