MRA chest wwo IV cont 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

$11,685.36

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.

$11,685.36

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.

$672.06 with BCBS vs $10,516.82 with Multiplan — 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $672.06 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $699.43 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $701.12 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $701.12 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $701.12 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $701.12 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $701.12 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $828.27 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $851.53 ↓ -93%
BCBS HMO $1,298.29 ↓ -89%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,393.75 ↓ -88%
BCBS PPO $1,489.22 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,519.10 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,519.10 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,519.10 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,519.10 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,635.95 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1,635.95 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,056.62 ↓ -82%
Cigna CSN $2,127.00 ↓ -82%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,304.00 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $2,360.44 ↓ -80%
Cigna PPO $2,739.00 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2,769.43 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2,769.43 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $2,804.49 ↓ -76%
Aetna QHPExchange $3,096.62 ↓ -74%
Aetna NBPOS $3,751.00 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $3,751.00 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $3,751.00 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPPO $3,996.39 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $3,996.39 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $3,996.39 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $4,089.88 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,674.14 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $4,685.83 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $4,685.83 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $4,685.83 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $5,024.70 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $5,059.76 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $5,059.76 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $5,059.76 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $5,258.41 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $5,258.41 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $6,228.30 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $6,426.95 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $6,426.95 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,011.22 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $7,011.22 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $7,011.22 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $7,011.22 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $7,011.22 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $7,595.48 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $8,764.02 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $9,348.29 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $9,348.29 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $9,582.00 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $9,932.56 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $9,932.56 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $10,516.82 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $10,516.82 ↓ -10%

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MRA chest wwo IV cont at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $1,654.38 $538.41 – $3,545.10
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $10,418.18 $672.06 – $699.43
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,943.20 $458.22 – $5,552.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $790.50 $400.00 – $4,743.00
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $8,469.49 $672.06 – $699.43
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,943.20 $538.41 – $5,552.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $1,943.20 $538.41 – $5,552.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $1,943.20 $538.41 – $5,552.00

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