Knee X-ray 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.

$46.50 with Texas Health Network vs $1,931.80 with Multiplan — 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 $46.50
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $46.78
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $46.78
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $46.78
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $46.78
Amerigroup MGMCD $47.45
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $47.45
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $47.45
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $47.45
United MGMCD $47.72
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $50.52
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $52.20
Molina Healthcare STAR $52.20
Molina Healthcare CHIP $52.20
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $52.20
Humana MCD $59.31
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $128.79
Superior Health Plan CHIP $128.79
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $128.79
Superior Health Plan STAR $128.79
Superior Health Plan STARKids $128.79
Cigna CSN $129.61
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $140.27
Cigna PPO $166.74
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
Aetna QHPExchange $210.84
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
United SmallGroup $245.18
BCBS BAV $249.94
Aetna NBPOS $280.23
Aetna NBHMO $280.23
Aetna NBPPO $280.23
Aetna COMMHMO $298.10
Aetna COMMPOS $298.10
Aetna COMMPPO $298.10
Aetna OONPOS $350.51
Aetna OONPPO $350.51
Aetna OONHMO $350.51
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $377.78
Aetna ASAPPO $378.80
Aetna ASAPOS $378.80
Aetna ASAHMO $378.80
BCBS HMO $381.07
BCBS EPOSOA $409.09
United OptionsPPO $433.58
BCBS PPO $437.11
Humana HMO $496.06
Humana PPO $496.06
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $515.15
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $547.34
Evry Health BroadNetwork $585.98
BCBS Traditional $751.26
Imagine Health PPO $751.26
Curative Administrators COMM $858.58
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $858.58
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $922.97
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $965.90
Averde Health Commercial $965.90
United GlobalAppendix $965.90
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,073.22
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,144.06
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,180.55
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,180.55
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $1,287.87
Beech Street WCOMP $1,287.87
Independent Medical System COMM $1,287.87
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,287.87
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,287.87
Coastal Comp COMM $1,395.19
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $1,609.84
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,717.16
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,717.16
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,760.09
Physicians, INC COMM $1,824.48
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,824.48
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,931.80
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,931.80

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Knee X-ray at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $684.95 $45.08 – $1,467.75
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $679.13 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $357.20 $47.45 – $446.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $500.23 $102.96 – $750.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $518.08 $47.45 – $647.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $357.20 $47.45 – $446.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $500.23 $50.77 – $750.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $500.23 $47.45 – $750.35

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