Lactated ringers intravenous solution 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.

$2.30 with Christus (USFHP) vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2.30
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.84
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.84
Superior Health Plan STAR $2.84
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.84
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2.84
United AllPayerAppendix $3.93
United SmallGroup $3.93
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.93
Cigna CSN $5.95
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $6.16
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $6.16
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $6.16
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $6.16
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $6.45
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.63
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $6.63
Cigna PPO $7.68
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $8.33
United OptionsPPO $9.56
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $11.22
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $11.22
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $11.36
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11.64
Molina Healthcare HIX $12.78
BCBS BAV $12.83
CHC Harris Health Indigent $14.21
BCBS HMO $16.04
BCBS EPOSOA $16.04
BCBS PPO $16.04
BCBS Traditional $16.57
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $20.36
United GlobalAppendix $21.31
Humana HMO $24.45
Humana PPO $24.45
Coventry National First Health COMM $25.24
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $26.04
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $26.04
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $28.41
Beech Street WCOMP $28.41
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $28.41
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $28.41
Independent Medical System COMM $28.41
Coastal Comp COMM $30.78
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $35.51
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $37.88
Beech Street COMMPPO $37.88
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $38.83
Physicians, INC COMM $40.25
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $40.25
Affiliated PPO COMM $42.62
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $42.62
Oscar HIX $73.42
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $96.00
Aetna QHPExchange $99.77
Evry Health BroadNetwork $102.78
Aetna NBPOS $120.85
Aetna NBHMO $120.85
Aetna NBPPO $120.85
Aetna COMMHMO $128.76
Aetna COMMPOS $128.76
Aetna COMMPPO $128.76
Imagine Health PPO $131.77
Curative Administrators COMM $150.60
Aetna OONHMO $150.97
Aetna OONPOS $150.97
Aetna OONPPO $150.97
Aetna ASAHMO $163.02
Aetna ASAPOS $163.02
Aetna ASAPPO $163.02
Averde Health Commercial $169.42
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $169.42
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $188.25
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00

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Lactated ringers intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $10.66 $3.44 – $22.84
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $116.56 $22.87 – $22.87
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $48.11 $8.62 – $23.72
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $24.28 $0.59 – $2.64
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $47.66 $2.73 – $285.96
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $24.28 $0.59 – $2.64
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $24.28 $0.59 – $2.64
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $24.28 $0.59 – $2.64

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