Lacer molded to patient mode 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.

$468.67 with Oscar vs $3,678.51 with Humana — 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
Oscar MGMCR $468.67
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $478.23
Amerigroup DualEligible $478.23
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $478.23
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $478.23
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $478.23
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $478.23
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $478.23
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $478.23
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $478.23
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $478.23
Devoted Health MGMCR $478.23
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $478.23
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $478.23
CHC Harris Health Indigent $478.23
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $478.23
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $478.23
BCBS MCRPPO $478.23
WellMed MGMCR $480.62
Van Lang IPA MCR $483.01
United MCR $487.79
WellCare PFFS $492.58
WellCare PPO $492.58
WellCare SNP $492.58
WellCare POS $492.58
WellCare MCRHMO $492.58
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $492.58
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $502.14
Superior Health Plan PFFS $502.14
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $502.14
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $502.14
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $502.14
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $502.14
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $502.14
American Health Plan MGMCR $502.14
Shared Health MGMCR $502.14
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $506.92
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $506.92
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $506.92
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $506.92
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $506.92
Molina MGMCR $521.27
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $549.96
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $573.88
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $621.70
Community Health Choice HIX $693.43
Superior ValueHMO $693.43
Superior EPO $741.26
Superior HMO $741.26
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $946.90
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $1,004.28
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,028.19
Humana PPO $3,678.51
Humana HMO $3,678.51

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