MRI upper extremity other than joint without contrast (both sides) 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.
$228.80 with Texas Health Network vs $7,824.84 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 |
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| Texas Health Network | MCD | $228.80 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $233.47 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $233.47 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $233.47 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $233.47 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $233.52 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $233.52 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $233.52 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $233.52 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $238.19 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $252.20 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $256.82 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $256.82 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $256.82 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $256.82 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $291.84 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $437.25 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $501.04 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $517.79 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $517.79 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $521.66 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $521.66 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $521.66 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $521.66 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $521.66 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $577.94 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $878.56 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $929.83 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $978.77 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,210.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,301.00 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,530.19 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,605.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,605.00 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,605.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,706.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,706.00 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,706.00 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,756.24 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $2,007.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $2,007.00 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $2,007.00 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $2,086.62 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,127.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $2,168.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $2,168.00 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,304.00 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,739.00 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $3,042.99 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $3,477.71 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $3,738.54 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $3,912.42 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $3,912.42 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $4,634.05 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $4,781.85 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $4,781.85 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $5,216.56 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $5,216.56 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $5,216.56 | — |
| Prime Health Services | WORKERSCOMP | $5,216.56 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $5,216.56 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $5,254.49 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $5,254.49 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $5,651.28 | — |
| Fiesta Mart, Inc | COMM | $6,520.70 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $6,955.42 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $6,955.42 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $7,129.30 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $7,390.13 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $7,390.13 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $7,824.84 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $7,824.84 | — |
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MRI upper extremity other than joint without contrast (both sides) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $4,105.50 | $221.80 – $3,738.75 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,074.10 | $227.71 – $2,592.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,614.40 | $314.76 – $3,921.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,370.78 | $227.71 – $2,963.47 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,074.10 | $227.71 – $2,592.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,614.40 | $227.71 – $3,921.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $2,614.40 | $233.47 – $3,921.61 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $2,370.78 | $227.71 – $3,556.17 |