MRA w/cont, abd 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

$10,737.11

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.

$10,737.11

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.

$644.23 with Superior Health Plan vs $9,663.40 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
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $644.23 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $644.23 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $644.23 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $644.23 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $644.23 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $672.06 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $699.43 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $828.27 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $851.53 ↓ -92%
BCBS HMO $1,298.29 ↓ -88%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,393.75 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,395.82 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,395.82 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,395.82 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,395.82 ↓ -87%
BCBS PPO $1,489.22 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,503.20 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1,503.20 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,889.73 ↓ -82%
Cigna CSN $2,127.00 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $2,168.90 ↓ -80%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,304.00 ↓ -79%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2,544.70 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2,544.70 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $2,576.91 ↓ -76%
Cigna PPO $2,739.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna QHPExchange $2,845.33 ↓ -74%
Aetna NBPOS $3,446.61 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $3,446.61 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $3,446.61 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPPO $3,672.09 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $3,672.09 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $3,672.09 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $3,757.99 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,294.84 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $4,305.58 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $4,305.58 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $4,305.58 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $4,616.96 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $4,649.17 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $4,649.17 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $4,649.17 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $4,831.70 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $4,831.70 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $5,722.88 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $5,905.41 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $5,905.41 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $6,442.27 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $6,442.27 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $6,442.27 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $6,442.27 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $6,442.27 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $6,979.12 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $8,052.83 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $8,589.69 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $8,589.69 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $8,804.43 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $9,126.54 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $9,126.54 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $9,663.40 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $9,663.40 ↓ -10%

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MRA w/cont, abd at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $812.07 $538.41 – $1,740.15
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $14,792.79 $672.06 – $699.43
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $6,519.53 $672.06 – $699.43
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,509.90 $458.22 – $4,314.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $724.50 $400.00 – $4,347.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $1,509.90 $538.41 – $4,314.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $1,509.90 $538.41 – $4,314.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $1,509.90 $538.41 – $4,314.00

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