New Patient Office Visit (level 4) 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.

$16.02 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 CHIP $16.02
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $16.02
Superior Health Plan STARKids $16.02
Superior Health Plan STAR $16.02
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $16.02
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $34.70
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $34.70
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $34.70
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $34.70
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $37.37
Amerigroup MGMCD $37.37
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $46.98
United OptionsPPO $53.92
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $63.26
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $63.26
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $64.07
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $68.07
Molina Healthcare HIX $72.07
Evry Health BroadNetwork $72.87
CHC Harris Health Indigent $80.08
Aetna NBHMO $85.69
Aetna NBPPO $85.69
Aetna NBPOS $85.69
Aetna COMMHMO $91.29
Aetna COMMPPO $91.29
Aetna COMMPOS $91.29
BCBS Traditional $93.43
Imagine Health PPO $93.43
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $106.78
Curative Administrators COMM $106.78
Aetna OONHMO $107.04
Aetna OONPOS $107.04
Aetna OONPPO $107.04
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $114.78
Aetna ASAPPO $115.59
Aetna ASAPOS $115.59
Aetna ASAHMO $115.59
Averde Health Commercial $120.12
United GlobalAppendix $120.12
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $120.12
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $133.47
Coventry National First Health COMM $142.28
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $146.82
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $146.82
Beech Street WCOMP $160.16
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $160.16
Independent Medical System COMM $160.16
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $160.16
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $160.16
Coastal Comp COMM $173.51
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $200.21
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $213.55
Beech Street COMMPPO $213.55
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $218.89
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $226.90
Physicians, INC COMM $226.90
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $240.25
Affiliated PPO COMM $240.25
Cigna CSN $271.49
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $293.50
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $306.96
Humana HMO $325.61
Humana PPO $325.61
BCBS BAV $338.44
Cigna PPO $348.53
BCBS HMO $423.71
BCBS EPOSOA $438.14
BCBS PPO $452.57
Aetna QHPExchange $486.11
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00

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New Patient Office Visit (level 4) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $820.97 $505.04 – $505.04
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $238.35 $82.00 – $681.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $261.63 $34.53 – $261.05
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $102.36 $94.25 – $565.49
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $238.35 $74.00 – $681.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $238.35 $74.00 – $681.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $261.63 $77.00 – $517.44
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $238.35 $74.00 – $681.00

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