New Patient Office Visit (level 3) 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.

$14.61 with Superior Health Plan vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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 $14.61
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $14.61
Superior Health Plan CHIP $14.61
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $14.61
Superior Health Plan STARKids $14.61
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $31.66
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $31.66
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $31.66
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $31.66
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $34.10
Amerigroup MGMCD $34.10
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $42.86
United OptionsPPO $49.20
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $57.72
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $57.72
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $58.45
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $62.11
Molina Healthcare HIX $65.76
Evry Health BroadNetwork $66.49
CHC Harris Health Indigent $73.06
Aetna NBPOS $78.18
Aetna NBHMO $78.18
Aetna NBPPO $78.18
Aetna COMMHMO $83.29
Aetna COMMPPO $83.29
Aetna COMMPOS $83.29
Imagine Health PPO $85.24
BCBS Traditional $85.24
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $97.42
Curative Administrators COMM $97.42
Aetna OONHMO $97.66
Aetna OONPOS $97.66
Aetna OONPPO $97.66
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $104.73
Aetna ASAPOS $105.46
Aetna ASAPPO $105.46
Aetna ASAHMO $105.46
Averde Health Commercial $109.60
United GlobalAppendix $109.60
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $109.60
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $121.78
Coventry National First Health COMM $129.81
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $133.95
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $133.95
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $146.13
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $146.13
Beech Street WCOMP $146.13
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $146.13
Independent Medical System COMM $146.13
Coastal Comp COMM $158.31
BCBS MyBlueHealth $181.30
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $182.66
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $194.84
Beech Street COMMPPO $194.84
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $199.71
BCBS BAV $199.90
Physicians, INC COMM $207.02
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $207.02
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $219.19
Affiliated PPO COMM $219.19
BCBS HMO $250.26
BCBS EPOSOA $258.78
BCBS PPO $267.31
Humana HMO $289.38
Humana PPO $289.38
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00

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New Patient Office Visit (level 3) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $567.95 $298.30 – $298.30
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $207.90 $82.00 – $594.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $232.23 $22.68 – $206.40
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $68.55 $31.50 – $126.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $207.90 $74.00 – $594.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $207.90 $74.00 – $594.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $232.23 $77.00 – $421.40
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $207.90 $74.00 – $594.00

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