Liver imaging 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

$2,900.10

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.

$2,900.10

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.

$174.01 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,610.09 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $174.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $174.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $174.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $174.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $174.01 ↓ -94%
Texas Health Network MCD $175.52 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $179.10 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $179.10 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $179.10 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $179.10 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $187.45 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $187.45 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $187.45 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $187.45 ↓ -94%
United MGMCD $191.20 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $197.01 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $197.01 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare STAR $197.01 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $197.01 ↓ -93%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $202.45 ↓ -93%
Humana MCD $223.88 ↓ -92%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -90%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $310.16 ↓ -89%
BCBS BAV $392.99 ↓ -86%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $510.42 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $585.82 ↓ -80%
BCBS HMO $599.18 ↓ -79%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -79%
BCBS EPOSOA $643.24 ↓ -78%
BCBS PPO $687.30 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $696.02 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $739.53 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $791.73 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $925.42 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $925.42 ↓ -68%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $929.86 ↓ -68%
Aetna QHPExchange $957.00 ↓ -67%
Imagine Health PPO $1,015.03 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $1,015.03 ↓ -65%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -62%
United SmallGroup $1,101.15 ↓ -62%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,160.04 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,160.04 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,247.04 ↓ -57%
Aetna NBPPO $1,271.95 ↓ -56%
Aetna NBHMO $1,271.95 ↓ -56%
Aetna NBPOS $1,271.95 ↓ -56%
United GlobalAppendix $1,305.05 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $1,305.05 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,305.05 ↓ -55%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,353.05 ↓ -53%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,353.05 ↓ -53%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,353.05 ↓ -53%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,450.05 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,545.75 ↓ -47%
Aetna OONPPO $1,590.95 ↓ -45%
Aetna OONPOS $1,590.95 ↓ -45%
Aetna OONHMO $1,590.95 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,595.06 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,595.06 ↓ -45%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,719.36 ↓ -41%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,719.36 ↓ -41%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,719.36 ↓ -41%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $1,740.06 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,740.06 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,740.06 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,740.06 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,740.06 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,885.07 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $2,175.07 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $2,320.08 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,320.08 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,378.08 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,465.09 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,465.09 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,610.09 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,610.09 ↓ -10%

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