MRI fetal sngl/1st gestation 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

$2,861.50

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.

$2,861.50

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.

$171.69 with Superior Health Plan vs $6,012.57 with Humana — 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 STAR $171.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $171.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $171.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $171.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $171.69 ↓ -94%
Texas Health Network MCD $228.80 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup MGMCD $233.47 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $233.47 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $233.47 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $233.47 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $233.52 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $233.52 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $233.52 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $233.52 ↓ -92%
United MGMCD $238.19 ↓ -92%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $252.20 ↓ -91%
Molina Healthcare STAR $256.82 ↓ -91%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $256.82 ↓ -91%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $256.82 ↓ -91%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $256.82 ↓ -91%
Humana MCD $291.84 ↓ -90%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $437.25 ↓ -85%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $495.12 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $503.62 ↓ -82%
United AllPayerAppendix $517.79 ↓ -82%
United SmallGroup $517.79 ↓ -82%
BCBS BAV $571.12 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $578.02 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $686.76 ↓ -76%
BCBS HMO $868.19 ↓ -70%
BCBS EPOSOA $918.86 ↓ -68%
BCBS PPO $967.22 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $1,001.52 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,144.60 ↓ -60%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,210.00 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,230.44 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $1,287.67 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,287.67 ↓ -55%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,301.00 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,525.18 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,573.83 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,573.83 ↓ -45%
Aetna NBPPO $1,605.00 ↓ -44%
Aetna NBHMO $1,605.00 ↓ -44%
Aetna NBPOS $1,605.00 ↓ -44%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,706.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,706.00 ↓ -40%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,706.00 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,716.90 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,716.90 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,716.90 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $1,716.90 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,716.90 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,859.97 ↓ -35%
Aetna OONHMO $2,007.00 ↓ -30%
Aetna OONPPO $2,007.00 ↓ -30%
Aetna OONPOS $2,007.00 ↓ -30%
Cigna CSN $2,127.00 ↓ -26%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $2,146.13 ↓ -25%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,168.00 ↓ -24%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,168.00 ↓ -24%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,289.20 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $2,289.20 ↓ -20%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,304.00 ↓ -19%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,346.43 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,432.28 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,432.28 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,575.35 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,575.35 ↓ -10%
Cigna PPO $2,739.00 ↓ -4%
Humana HMO $6,012.57 ↑ +110%
Humana PPO $6,012.57 ↑ +110%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,136.26 $227.71 – $2,149.00
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,324.65 $233.47 – $2,700.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,176.47 $227.71 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,136.26 $227.71 – $2,149.00

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