Irradiation of blood product each unit reference 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

$741.42

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.

$741.42

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.

$33.84 with United vs $667.28 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
United SmallGroup $33.84 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $33.84 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $44.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $44.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $44.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $44.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $44.49 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $67.53 ↓ -91%
BCBS BAV $74.55 ↓ -90%
BCBS HMO $93.27 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $96.38 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $96.38 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $96.38 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $96.38 ↓ -87%
BCBS EPOSOA $99.96 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $103.80 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $103.80 ↓ -86%
BCBS PPO $106.64 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPExchange $110.86 ↓ -85%
Cigna CSN $117.08 ↓ -84%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $126.82 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $130.49 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $144.58 ↓ -80%
Aetna NBPPO $147.43 ↓ -80%
Aetna NBHMO $147.43 ↓ -80%
Aetna NBPOS $147.43 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $149.77 ↓ -80%
Cigna PPO $150.88 ↓ -80%
Aetna COMMHMO $156.63 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMMPPO $156.63 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMMPOS $156.63 ↓ -79%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $175.72 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $175.72 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $177.94 ↓ -76%
Aetna OONPOS $184.00 ↓ -75%
Aetna OONPPO $184.00 ↓ -75%
Aetna OONHMO $184.00 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $189.06 ↓ -75%
Aetna ASAHMO $198.95 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASAPOS $198.95 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASAPPO $198.95 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $202.41 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $259.50 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $259.50 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $296.57 ↓ -60%
Humana PPO $314.21 ↓ -58%
Humana HMO $314.21 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $318.81 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $333.64 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $333.64 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $333.64 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $370.71 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $395.18 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $407.78 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $407.78 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $444.85 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $444.85 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $444.85 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $444.85 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $444.85 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $481.92 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $556.07 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $593.14 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $593.14 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $607.96 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $630.21 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $630.21 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $667.28 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $667.28 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Irradiation of blood product each unit reference at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $42.21 $47.70 – $90.45
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $124.24 $10.00 – $155.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $127.49 $12.00 – $191.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $127.49 $12.00 – $159.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $124.24 $10.00 – $155.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $127.49 $12.00 – $191.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $127.49 $8.00 – $191.23
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