Mucin synovial fluid 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

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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.

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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.

$4.82 with Texas Health Network vs $78.34 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
Texas Health Network MCD $4.82
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4.92
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.92
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4.92
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.92
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.92
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.92
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $4.92
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.92
United MGMCD $5.02
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $5.31
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $5.41
Molina Healthcare CHIP $5.41
Molina Healthcare STAR $5.41
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $5.41
Oscar MGMCR $5.74
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $5.86
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.86
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $5.86
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $5.86
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $5.86
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.86
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $5.86
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $5.86
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $5.86
United SmallGroup $5.86
CHC Harris Health Indigent $5.86
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.86
BCBS MCRPPO $5.86
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $5.86
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.86
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $5.86
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $5.86
United AllPayerAppendix $5.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.86
WellMed MGMCR $5.89
Van Lang IPA MCR $5.92
United MCR $5.98
WellCare MCRHMO $6.04
WellCare POS $6.04
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $6.04
WellCare SNP $6.04
WellCare PFFS $6.04
WellCare PPO $6.04
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $6.15
Humana MCD $6.15
American Health Plan MGMCR $6.15
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $6.15
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $6.15
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $6.15
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $6.15
Superior Health Plan PFFS $6.15
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $6.15
Shared Health MGMCR $6.15
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $6.21
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $6.21
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $6.21
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $6.21
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $6.21
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $6.34
Molina MGMCR $6.39
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $6.74
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $7.03
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $7.62
Community Health Choice HIX $8.50
Superior ValueHMO $8.50
Superior HMO $9.08
Superior EPO $9.08
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $11.60
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11.84
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $12.31
Molina Healthcare HIX $12.60
BCBS BAV $13.07
BCBS HMO $16.35
Oscar HIX $16.94
BCBS EPOSOA $17.52
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $17.59
BCBS PPO $18.69
Aetna QHPExchange $21.45
Cigna CSN $23.69
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $25.65
Aetna NBPPO $28.52
Aetna NBHMO $28.52
Aetna NBPOS $28.52
Aetna COMMPOS $30.30
Aetna COMMHMO $30.30
Aetna COMMPPO $30.30
Cigna PPO $30.52
Aetna OONHMO $35.60
Aetna OONPOS $35.60
Aetna OONPPO $35.60
Aetna ASAPPO $38.49
Aetna ASAPOS $38.49
Aetna ASAHMO $38.49
Humana PPO $78.34
Humana HMO $78.34
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Mucin synovial fluid at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $21.42 $4.67 – $45.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $32.55 $6.70 – $48.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $32.55 $4.92 – $40.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $32.55 $5.26 – $48.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $32.55 $4.92 – $48.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $32.55 $4.92 – $48.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $32.55 $4.92 – $40.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $32.55 $4.92 – $48.83

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