Lymph vessel x-ray trunk 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

$1,120.80

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.

$1,120.80

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.

$67.25 with Superior Health Plan vs $30,229.46 with Aetna — 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 CHIP $67.25 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $67.25 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $67.25 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $67.25 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $67.25 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $197.26 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $226.40 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $268.99 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $285.80 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $305.98 ↓ -73%
Texas Health Network MCD $307.12 ↓ -73%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $313.39 ↓ -72%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $313.39 ↓ -72%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $313.39 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $313.39 ↓ -72%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $313.39 ↓ -72%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $313.39 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup MGMCD $313.39 ↓ -72%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $313.39 ↓ -72%
United MGMCD $319.66 ↓ -71%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $338.46 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare STAR $344.73 ↓ -69%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $344.73 ↓ -69%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $344.73 ↓ -69%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $344.73 ↓ -69%
Humana MCD $391.74 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $392.28 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $392.28 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $448.32 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $448.32 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $481.94 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $504.36 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $504.36 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $504.36 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $560.40 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $597.39 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $616.44 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $616.44 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $672.48 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $672.48 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $672.48 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $672.48 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $672.48 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $728.52 ↓ -35%
Cigna CSN $783.26 ↓ -30%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $840.60 ↓ -25%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $847.66 ↓ -24%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $896.64 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $896.64 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $919.06 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $952.68 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $952.68 ↓ -15%
Cigna PPO $1,007.64 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,008.72 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,008.72 ↓ -10%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,925.07 ↑ +72%
BCBS BAV $2,439.15 ↑ +118%
BCBS HMO $3,718.89 ↑ +232%
BCBS EPOSOA $3,992.33 ↑ +256%
BCBS PPO $4,265.78 ↑ +281%
Humana HMO $4,924.94 ↑ +339%
Humana PPO $4,924.94 ↑ +339%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5,437.15 ↑ +385%
United SmallGroup $6,438.74 ↑ +474%
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74 ↑ +474%
Aetna QHPExchange $16,825.83 ↑ +1401%
Aetna NBHMO $22,363.15 ↑ +1895%
Aetna NBPOS $22,363.15 ↑ +1895%
Aetna NBPPO $22,363.15 ↑ +1895%
Aetna COMMHMO $23,789.07 ↑ +2023%
Aetna COMMPPO $23,789.07 ↑ +2023%
Aetna COMMPOS $23,789.07 ↑ +2023%
Aetna OONPOS $27,971.76 ↑ +2396%
Aetna OONPPO $27,971.76 ↑ +2396%
Aetna OONHMO $27,971.76 ↑ +2396%
Aetna ASAPOS $30,229.46 ↑ +2597%
Aetna ASAHMO $30,229.46 ↑ +2597%
Aetna ASAPPO $30,229.46 ↑ +2597%

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