Neck (Cervical Spine) CT scan (without contrast) 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

$19,136.53

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.

$19,136.53

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.

$102.66 with Texas Health Network vs $17,222.88 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.

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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 $102.66 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $104.75 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $104.75 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $104.75 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $106.88 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $106.88 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $106.88 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $106.88 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $109.02 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $115.23 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $115.23 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $115.23 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $115.23 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $115.43 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $130.94 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $240.97 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $277.96 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $422.54 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $447.20 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $470.74 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPExchange $725.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPPO $963.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBHMO $963.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPOS $963.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,024.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,024.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,024.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1,148.19 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,148.19 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,148.19 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,148.19 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $1,148.19 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPOS $1,203.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONHMO $1,203.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPPO $1,203.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,301.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,301.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,301.00 ↓ -93%
Cigna CSN $1,635.00 ↓ -91%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,771.00 ↓ -91%
Cigna PPO $2,106.00 ↓ -89%
Humana HMO $2,297.98 ↓ -88%
Humana PPO $2,297.98 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $3,368.03 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $3,865.58 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $4,592.77 ↓ -76%
BCBS Traditional $6,697.79 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $7,654.61 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $8,228.71 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $8,611.44 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $8,611.44 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $10,199.77 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $10,525.09 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $10,525.09 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $11,481.92 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $11,481.92 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $11,481.92 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $11,481.92 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $11,481.92 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $12,438.74 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $14,352.40 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $15,309.22 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $15,309.22 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $15,691.95 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $16,266.05 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $16,266.05 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $17,222.88 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $17,222.88 ↓ -10%

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Neck (Cervical Spine) CT scan (without contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $3,200.40 $99.51 – $6,858.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $4,291.76 $522.29 – $522.29
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,042.26 $99.77 – $2,552.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,060.35 $141.23 – $3,090.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,109.78 $99.77 – $2,637.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,042.26 $99.77 – $2,552.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,060.35 $99.77 – $3,090.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,060.35 $104.75 – $3,090.52

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