Kit case 4.2mm spinejack 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

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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.

$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $65,000.00 with Coastal Comp — 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 Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3,949.12
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3,949.12
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3,949.12
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3,949.12
Amerigroup MGMCD $4,252.90
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $4,252.90
Cigna CSN $4,495.92
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $4,860.45
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,951.59
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $5,346.50
BCBS BAV $5,468.01
Cigna PPO $5,771.79
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $6,000.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $6,000.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $6,000.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $6,000.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $6,000.00
United OptionsPPO $6,136.32
BCBS HMO $6,835.01
BCBS EPOSOA $6,986.90
BCBS PPO $7,108.41
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $7,199.55
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $7,199.55
Molina Healthcare HIX $8,202.02
CHC Harris Health Indigent $9,113.35
BCBS Traditional $10,632.24
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $12,151.14
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $13,062.47
United GlobalAppendix $13,670.03
Coventry National First Health COMM $16,191.39
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $16,707.81
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $16,707.81
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $18,226.70
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $18,226.70
Beech Street WCOMP $18,226.70
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $18,226.70
Independent Medical System COMM $18,226.70
Oscar HIX $19,500.00
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $22,783.38
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $24,000.00
Beech Street COMMPPO $24,302.27
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $24,302.27
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $24,909.83
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $25,500.00
Physicians, INC COMM $25,821.16
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $25,821.16
Aetna QHPExchange $26,500.00
Evry Health BroadNetwork $27,300.00
Affiliated PPO COMM $27,340.06
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $27,340.06
Humana HMO $31,910.00
Humana PPO $31,910.00
Aetna NBHMO $32,100.00
Aetna NBPPO $32,100.00
Aetna NBPOS $32,100.00
Aetna COMMHMO $34,200.00
Aetna COMMPPO $34,200.00
Aetna COMMPOS $34,200.00
Imagine Health PPO $35,000.00
Curative Administrators COMM $40,000.00
Aetna OONPPO $40,100.00
Aetna OONPOS $40,100.00
Aetna OONHMO $40,100.00
Aetna ASAHMO $43,300.00
Aetna ASAPPO $43,300.00
Aetna ASAPOS $43,300.00
Averde Health Commercial $45,000.00
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $45,000.00
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $50,000.00
Coastal Comp COMM $65,000.00

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Kit case 4.2mm spinejack at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $10,051.86 $6,052.42 – $20,633.25
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $13,775.74 $2,846.99 – $13,557.08
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $5,836.60 $4,249.05 – $30,016.80
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $13,775.74 $2,982.56 – $13,557.08
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $13,775.74 $2,982.56 – $13,557.08
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $5,836.60 $6,670.40 – $28,349.20
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $13,775.74 $2,982.56 – $13,557.08
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $5,836.60 $6,670.40 – $37,020.72

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