IV Fluids (each additional hour) at HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST

6002 FAIRMONT PKWY, PASADENA, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1174576698

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

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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.

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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.

$32.03 with BCBS vs $783.94 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $32.03 —
BCBS BAV $35.32 —
BCBS HMO $44.22 —
BCBS EPOSOA $45.72 —
BCBS PPO $47.23 —
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $52.26 —
Superior Health Plan STAR $52.26 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $52.26 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $52.26 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $52.26 —
United SmallGroup $78.94 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $78.94 —
United AllPayerAppendix $78.94 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $113.24 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $113.24 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $113.24 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $113.24 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $121.95 —
Cigna CSN $128.91 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $139.37 —
Cigna PPO $165.50 —
Oscar HIX $169.85 —
United OptionsPPO $175.95 —
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $209.05 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $222.12 —
Evry Health BroadNetwork $237.79 —
Aetna NBPOS $270.89 —
Aetna NBHMO $270.89 —
Aetna NBPPO $270.89 —
Aetna COMMPPO $288.31 —
Aetna COMMPOS $288.31 —
Aetna COMMHMO $288.31 —
Humana PPO $288.58 —
Humana HMO $288.58 —
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 —
Imagine Health PPO $304.86 —
BCBS Traditional $304.86 —
Aetna OONPPO $337.96 —
Aetna OONHMO $337.96 —
Aetna OONPOS $337.96 —
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $348.42 —
Curative Administrators COMM $348.42 —
Aetna ASAHMO $364.97 —
Aetna ASAPOS $364.97 —
Aetna ASAPPO $364.97 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $374.55 —
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $391.97 —
Averde Health Commercial $391.97 —
United GlobalAppendix $391.97 —
Coventry National First Health COMM $451.20 —
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $479.07 —
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $479.07 —
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 —
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $522.62 —
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $522.62 —
Independent Medical System COMM $522.62 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $522.62 —
Coastal Comp COMM $566.18 —
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 —
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $653.28 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $653.28 —
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $696.83 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $714.25 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $740.38 —
Physicians, INC COMM $740.38 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $740.38 —
Affiliated PPO COMM $783.94 —

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IV Fluids (each additional hour) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $197.72 $19.99 – $423.68
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $357.20 $52.71 – $52.71
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $190.67 $42.03 – $238.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $200.22 $41.21 – $300.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $241.37 $41.34 – $301.71
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $190.67 $32.03 – $238.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $200.22 $44.69 – $300.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $200.22 $103.45 – $300.33

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