MRI chest w IV cont at HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST
6002 FAIRMONT PKWY, PASADENA, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1174576698
$29,305.63
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.
$29,305.63
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.
$377.55 with Texas Health Network vs $26,375.07 with Affiliated PPO — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $377.55 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $385.25 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $385.25 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $385.25 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $385.25 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $392.60 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $392.60 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $392.60 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $392.60 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MGMCD | $400.45 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $423.78 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $423.78 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $423.78 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $423.78 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $424.01 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | MCD | $481.56 | ↓ -98% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,210.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,301.00 | ↓ -96% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,358.84 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,463.76 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,605.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,605.00 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,605.00 | ↓ -95% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,609.16 | ↓ -95% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,609.16 | ↓ -95% |
| BCBS | BAV | $1,688.43 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,706.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,706.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,706.00 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $1,758.34 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $1,758.34 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $1,758.34 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $1,758.34 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $1,758.34 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $2,007.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $2,007.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $2,007.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,127.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $2,168.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $2,168.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,304.00 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS | HMO | $2,566.69 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $2,716.47 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,739.00 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | PPO | $2,859.44 | ↓ -90% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $5,157.79 | ↓ -82% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $5,919.74 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | PPO | $6,515.81 | ↓ -78% |
| Humana | HMO | $6,515.81 | ↓ -78% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $7,033.35 | ↓ -76% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $10,256.97 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $11,722.25 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $12,601.42 | ↓ -57% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $13,187.53 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $13,187.53 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $15,619.90 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $16,118.10 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $16,118.10 | ↓ -45% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $17,583.38 | ↓ -40% |
| Prime Health Services | WORKERSCOMP | $17,583.38 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $17,583.38 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $17,583.38 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $17,583.38 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $19,048.66 | ↓ -35% |
| Fiesta Mart, Inc | COMM | $21,979.22 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $23,444.50 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $23,444.50 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $24,030.62 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $24,909.79 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $24,909.79 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $26,375.07 | ↓ -10% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $26,375.07 | ↓ -10% |
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MRI chest w IV cont at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $1,337.81 | $365.99 – $2,866.73 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,581.08 | $385.25 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,325.74 | $478.72 – $3,488.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,584.06 | $385.25 – $3,230.07 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,581.08 | $385.25 – $2,149.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,325.74 | $412.22 – $3,488.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,325.74 | $385.25 – $3,488.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,584.06 | $385.25 – $3,876.08 |