Osmolality blood 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

$956.78

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.

$956.78

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.

$5.44 with Texas Health Network vs $861.10 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 $5.44 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $5.55 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $5.55 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.55 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $5.55 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $5.55 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $5.55 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $5.55 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $5.55 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $5.66 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $5.99 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $6.11 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $6.11 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $6.11 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $6.11 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $6.48 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $6.61 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $6.61 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6.61 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $6.61 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $6.61 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.61 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $6.61 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $6.61 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $6.61 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.61 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $6.61 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $6.61 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $6.61 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $6.61 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $6.61 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $6.61 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $6.61 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $6.61 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $6.61 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $6.64 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $6.68 ↓ -99%
United MCR $6.74 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $6.81 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $6.81 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $6.81 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $6.81 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $6.81 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $6.81 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $6.94 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $6.94 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $6.94 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $6.94 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $6.94 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $6.94 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $6.94 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $6.94 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $6.94 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $6.94 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $7.01 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $7.01 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $7.01 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $7.01 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $7.01 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $7.15 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $7.20 ↓ -99%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $7.60 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $7.93 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $8.59 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $9.58 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $9.58 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $10.25 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $10.25 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $13.09 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $13.35 ↓ -99%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $13.88 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare HIX $14.21 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $14.74 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $18.44 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $19.10 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $19.76 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $19.82 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $21.09 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPExchange $24.20 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $27.89 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $30.20 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBHMO $32.18 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBPOS $32.18 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBPPO $32.18 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMPOS $34.19 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPPO $34.19 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMHMO $34.19 ↓ -96%
Cigna PPO $35.94 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONHMO $40.16 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONPOS $40.16 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONPPO $40.16 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASAPPO $43.42 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAHMO $43.42 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPOS $43.42 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $57.41 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $57.41 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $57.41 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $57.41 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $57.41 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $88.29 ↓ -91%
Humana HMO $88.29 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $168.39 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $193.27 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $229.63 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $261.20 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $334.87 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $334.87 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $411.42 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $430.55 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $430.55 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $430.55 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $478.39 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $509.96 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $526.23 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $526.23 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $574.07 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $574.07 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $574.07 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $574.07 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $574.07 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $621.91 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $717.59 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $765.42 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $765.42 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $784.56 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $813.26 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $813.26 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $861.10 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $861.10 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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