MRI w/cont, breast, bi at HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST
6002 FAIRMONT PKWY, PASADENA, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1174576698
$11,921.64
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.
$11,921.64
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 $10,729.48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $672.06 | ↓ -94% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $699.43 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $715.30 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $715.30 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $715.30 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $715.30 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $715.30 | ↓ -94% |
| United | SmallGroup | $828.27 | ↓ -93% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $828.27 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BAV | $851.53 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,298.29 | ↓ -89% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,393.75 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,489.22 | ↓ -88% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $1,549.81 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $1,549.81 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $1,549.81 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $1,549.81 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $1,669.03 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $1,669.03 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $2,098.21 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,127.00 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,304.00 | ↓ -81% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $2,408.17 | ↓ -80% |
| Cigna | PPO | $2,739.00 | ↓ -77% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $2,825.43 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $2,825.43 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $2,861.19 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $3,159.23 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $3,826.85 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $3,826.85 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $3,826.85 | ↓ -68% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $4,077.20 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $4,077.20 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $4,077.20 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $4,172.57 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $4,768.66 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $4,780.58 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $4,780.58 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $4,780.58 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $5,126.31 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $5,162.07 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $5,162.07 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $5,162.07 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $5,364.74 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $5,364.74 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $6,354.23 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $6,556.90 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $6,556.90 | ↓ -45% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $7,152.98 | ↓ -40% |
| Prime Health Services | WORKERSCOMP | $7,152.98 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $7,152.98 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $7,152.98 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $7,152.98 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $7,749.07 | ↓ -35% |
| Fiesta Mart, Inc | COMM | $8,941.23 | ↓ -25% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $9,537.31 | ↓ -20% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $9,537.31 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $9,775.74 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $10,133.39 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $10,133.39 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $10,729.48 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $10,729.48 | ↓ -10% |
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MRI w/cont, breast, bi at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | $13,295.12 | $672.06 – $699.43 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $17,966.06 | $672.06 – $699.43 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $1,885.45 | $458.22 – $5,387.00 |
| St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital | Madisonville | $472.50 | $343.98 – $2,430.00 |
| St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin | Lufkin | $674.85 | $400.00 – $4,049.10 |
| HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND | Pearland | $10,610.87 | $672.06 – $699.43 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $1,885.45 | $538.41 – $5,387.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $1,885.45 | $538.41 – $5,387.00 |