MRA without fol w/cont, lwr ext at HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST
6002 FAIRMONT PKWY, PASADENA, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1174576698
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Cash price 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.
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Gross charge 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 $13,520.26 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $672.06 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $699.43 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $828.27 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $851.53 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $901.35 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $901.35 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $901.35 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $901.35 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $901.35 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,298.29 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,393.75 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,489.22 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $1,952.93 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $1,952.93 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $1,952.93 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $1,952.93 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $2,103.15 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $2,103.15 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,127.00 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,304.00 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $2,643.96 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,739.00 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $3,034.55 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $3,560.33 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $3,560.33 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $3,605.40 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $3,980.97 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $4,822.23 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $4,822.23 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $4,822.23 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $5,137.70 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $5,137.70 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $5,137.70 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $5,257.88 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $6,009.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $6,024.03 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $6,024.03 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $6,024.03 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $6,459.68 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $6,504.75 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $6,504.75 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $6,504.75 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $6,760.13 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $6,760.13 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $8,007.00 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $8,262.38 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $8,262.38 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $9,013.51 | — |
| Prime Health Services | WORKERSCOMP | $9,013.51 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $9,013.51 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $9,013.51 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $9,013.51 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $9,764.63 | — |
| Fiesta Mart, Inc | COMM | $11,266.88 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $12,018.01 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $12,018.01 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $12,318.46 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $12,769.13 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $12,769.13 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $13,520.26 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $13,520.26 | — |
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MRA without fol w/cont, lwr ext at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $1,516.73 | $538.41 – $3,250.13 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,965.82 | $556.98 – $2,784.91 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,400.21 | $494.04 – $3,600.32 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,160.19 | $432.04 – $2,700.24 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,965.82 | $524.22 – $2,784.91 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,400.21 | $770.47 – $3,600.32 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,400.21 | $952.69 – $3,600.32 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,160.19 | $720.06 – $3,240.29 |