Lactic acid 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

$1,147.53

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.

$1,147.53

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.

$9.53 with Texas Health Network vs $1,032.78 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
Texas Health Network MCD $9.53 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $9.72 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $9.72 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $9.72 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $9.72 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $9.72 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $9.72 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $9.72 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $9.72 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $9.91 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $10.50 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $10.69 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $10.69 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $10.69 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $10.69 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $11.34 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $11.57 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $11.57 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.57 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.57 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $11.57 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.57 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $11.57 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $11.57 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $11.57 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.57 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $11.57 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $11.57 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $11.57 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $11.57 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $11.57 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $11.57 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $11.57 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $11.57 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $11.57 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $11.63 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $11.69 ↓ -99%
United MCR $11.80 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $11.92 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $11.92 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $11.92 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $11.92 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $11.92 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $11.92 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $12.15 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $12.15 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $12.15 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $12.15 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $12.15 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $12.15 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $12.15 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $12.15 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $12.15 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $12.15 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $12.26 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $12.26 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $12.26 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $12.26 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $12.26 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $12.52 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $12.61 ↓ -99%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $13.31 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $13.88 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $15.04 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $16.78 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $16.78 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $17.93 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $17.93 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $22.91 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $23.37 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $24.30 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $24.88 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $25.80 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $32.05 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $32.28 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $33.44 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $34.59 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $36.91 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPExchange $42.37 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $47.41 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $51.36 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBHMO $56.34 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPOS $56.34 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPPO $56.34 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPOS $59.86 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMHMO $59.86 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPPO $59.86 ↓ -95%
Cigna PPO $61.10 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $68.85 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $68.85 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $68.85 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $68.85 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $68.85 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPOS $70.32 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPPO $70.32 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONHMO $70.32 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAHMO $76.03 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPOS $76.03 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPPO $76.03 ↓ -93%
Humana PPO $142.72 ↓ -88%
Humana HMO $142.72 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $201.97 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $231.80 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $275.41 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $313.28 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $401.64 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $401.64 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $493.44 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $516.39 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $516.39 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $516.39 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $573.76 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $611.63 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $631.14 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $631.14 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $688.52 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $688.52 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $688.52 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $688.52 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $688.52 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $745.89 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $860.65 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $918.02 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $918.02 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $940.97 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $975.40 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $975.40 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,032.78 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,032.78 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $143.48 $9.72 – $179.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $145.94 $9.72 – $182.42
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