Nm imaging bone/joint whole body 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.

$147.18 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,578.22 with Aetna — 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 CHPFC $147.18
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $147.18
Superior Health Plan STARKids $147.18
Superior Health Plan STAR $147.18
Superior Health Plan CHIP $147.18
Texas Health Network MCD $270.15
Amerigroup MGMCD $275.66
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $275.66
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $275.66
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $275.66
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $294.04
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $294.04
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $294.04
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $294.04
United MGMCD $299.92
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Molina Healthcare CHIP $303.23
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $303.23
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $303.23
Molina Healthcare STAR $303.23
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $317.56
Humana MCD $344.58
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $431.73
BCBS MyBlueHealth $476.34
United OptionsPPO $495.51
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $588.73
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
BCBS BAV $603.55
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $625.52
Evry Health BroadNetwork $669.68
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $716.53
Humana HMO $782.76
Humana PPO $782.76
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52
United SmallGroup $848.52
Imagine Health PPO $858.56
BCBS Traditional $858.56
BCBS HMO $920.21
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $981.21
Curative Administrators COMM $981.21
BCBS EPOSOA $987.87
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,054.80
BCBS PPO $1,055.53
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,103.86
United GlobalAppendix $1,103.86
Averde Health Commercial $1,103.86
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,226.52
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,307.46
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,349.17
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,349.17
Aetna QHPExchange $1,435.05
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,471.82
Beech Street WCOMP $1,471.82
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,471.82
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $1,471.82
Independent Medical System COMM $1,471.82
Coastal Comp COMM $1,594.47
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $1,839.77
Aetna NBPOS $1,907.31
Aetna NBHMO $1,907.31
Aetna NBPPO $1,907.31
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,962.42
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,962.42
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,011.48
Aetna COMMPPO $2,028.93
Aetna COMMHMO $2,028.93
Aetna COMMPOS $2,028.93
Physicians, INC COMM $2,085.08
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,085.08
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,207.73
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,207.73
Aetna OONPOS $2,385.66
Aetna OONPPO $2,385.66
Aetna OONHMO $2,385.66
Aetna ASAHMO $2,578.22
Aetna ASAPOS $2,578.22
Aetna ASAPPO $2,578.22

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Nm imaging bone/joint whole body at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $1,978.99 $261.88 – $4,240.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,823.30 $264.64 – $2,279.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,823.30 $375.30 – $2,734.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,823.30 $264.64 – $2,279.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,823.30 $264.64 – $2,279.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,823.30 $283.16 – $2,734.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,823.30 $264.64 – $2,734.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,823.30 $264.64 – $2,734.95

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