MRA pelvis w 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

$1,516.88

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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$1,516.88

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.

$91.01 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,739.00 with Cigna — 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 CHPFC $91.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $91.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $91.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $91.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $91.01 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $197.19 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $197.19 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $197.19 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $197.19 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $212.36 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $212.36 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $266.97 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $306.41 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $359.50 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $359.50 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $364.05 ↓ -76%
Aetna QHPExchange $401.97 ↓ -74%
Aetna NBPPO $486.92 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $486.92 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $486.92 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPPO $518.77 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $518.77 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $518.77 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $530.91 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $606.75 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $608.27 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $608.27 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $608.27 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $652.26 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $656.81 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $656.81 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $656.81 ↓ -57%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $672.06 ↓ -56%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $682.60 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $682.60 ↓ -55%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $699.43 ↓ -54%
Coventry National First Health COMM $808.50 ↓ -47%
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27 ↓ -45%
United SmallGroup $828.27 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $834.28 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $834.28 ↓ -45%
BCBS BAV $851.53 ↓ -44%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $910.13 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $910.13 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $910.13 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $910.13 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $910.13 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $985.97 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $1,137.66 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,213.50 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,213.50 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,243.84 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,289.35 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,289.35 ↓ -15%
BCBS HMO $1,298.29 ↓ -14%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,365.19 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,365.19 ↓ -10%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,393.75 ↓ -8%
BCBS PPO $1,489.22 ↓ -2%
Cigna CSN $2,127.00 ↑ +40%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,304.00 ↑ +52%
Cigna PPO $2,739.00 ↑ +81%

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MRA pelvis w IV cont at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $1,565.20 $538.41 – $3,354.00
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $11,796.19 $672.06 – $699.43
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,211.35 $458.22 – $3,461.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $649.95 $400.00 – $3,899.70
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,211.35 $538.41 – $3,461.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $1,211.35 $538.41 – $3,461.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $1,211.35 $538.41 – $3,461.00
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $821.84 $300.00 – $1,174.05

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