Pentobarbital sodium inj 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

$1,983.56

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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$1,983.56

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.

$59.83 with United vs $1,785.20 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
United AllPayerAppendix $59.83 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $59.83 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $59.83 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $71.56 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $78.86 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $98.58 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $98.58 ↓ -95%
BCBS HMO $98.58 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $119.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $119.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $119.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $119.01 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $119.01 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $130.37 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $141.14 ↓ -93%
Cigna PPO $168.07 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $257.86 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $257.86 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $257.86 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $257.86 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $277.70 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $277.70 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $349.11 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $400.68 ↓ -80%
Humana PPO $458.56 ↓ -77%
Humana HMO $458.56 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $470.10 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $470.10 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $476.05 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $535.56 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $595.07 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $694.25 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $793.42 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $852.93 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $892.60 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,057.24 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,090.96 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,090.96 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,190.14 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,190.14 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,190.14 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $1,190.14 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,190.14 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,289.31 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $1,487.67 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,586.85 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,586.85 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,626.52 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,686.03 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,686.03 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,785.20 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,785.20 ↓ -10%

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Pentobarbital sodium inj at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $130.41 $59.83 – $458.56
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $295.43 $136.55 – $256.58
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $890.74 $36.84 – $158.86
Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis (Ascension Seton) Luling $152.91 $30.33 – $152.98
Ascension Seton Highland Lakes (Ascension Seton) Burnet $152.91 $30.33 – $152.98
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) Austin $138.96 $30.33 – $152.98
Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) Austin $138.96 $30.33 – $152.98
Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) Smithville $1,625.04 $30.33 – $152.98

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