Oth resp proc, group 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.

$13.51 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 $13.51
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $13.51
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $13.51
Superior Health Plan STARKids $13.51
Superior Health Plan STAR $13.51
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $29.27
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $29.27
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $29.27
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $29.27
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.51
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $31.52
Amerigroup MGMCD $31.52
BCBS BAV $32.53
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $39.62
BCBS HMO $40.73
BCBS EPOSOA $42.12
BCBS PPO $43.50
Oscar HIX $43.90
United OptionsPPO $45.47
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $53.35
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $53.35
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $54.03
Aetna QHPExchange $59.66
Aetna NBPPO $72.26
Aetna NBHMO $72.26
Aetna NBPOS $72.26
Aetna COMMPPO $76.99
Aetna COMMPOS $76.99
Aetna COMMHMO $76.99
BCBS Traditional $78.79
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $90.05
Aetna OONPOS $90.27
Aetna OONPPO $90.27
Aetna OONHMO $90.27
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $96.80
Aetna ASAPPO $97.48
Aetna ASAPOS $97.48
Aetna ASAHMO $97.48
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $101.30
Averde Health Commercial $101.30
United GlobalAppendix $101.30
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $112.56
Coventry National First Health COMM $119.99
Humana HMO $121.17
Humana PPO $121.17
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $123.82
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $123.82
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $135.07
Independent Medical System COMM $135.07
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $135.07
Beech Street WCOMP $135.07
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $135.07
Coastal Comp COMM $146.33
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $168.84
Beech Street COMMPPO $180.10
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $180.10
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $184.60
Physicians, INC COMM $191.35
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $191.35
Affiliated PPO COMM $202.61
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $202.61
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00

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Oth resp proc, group at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $166.95 $18.41 – $978.00
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $487.56 $29.51 – $121.17
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $102.48 $43.00 – $43.00
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $75.86 $29.51 – $121.17
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $339.63 $29.51 – $121.17
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $44.80 $25.09 – $670.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $44.80 $25.09 – $670.00
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $13.23 $5.67 – $26.29

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