Pet image full 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.

$1,459.56 with Texas Health Network vs $23,770.96 with Humana — 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 $1,459.56
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,480.34
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,480.34
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,480.34
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,480.34
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,489.35
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,489.35
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,489.35
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1,489.35
United MGMCD $1,509.95
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $1,598.77
Molina Healthcare STAR $1,638.29
Molina Healthcare CHIP $1,638.29
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $1,638.29
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $1,638.29
Humana MCD $1,861.69
Aetna ASAPPO $2,168.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,812.65
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2,957.56
Aetna QHPExchange $3,024.00
United AllPayerAppendix $3,330.77
United SmallGroup $3,330.77
BCBS BAV $3,411.51
Aetna NBHMO $4,013.00
Aetna NBPPO $4,013.00
Aetna NBPOS $4,013.00
Cigna CSN $4,254.00
Aetna COMMPPO $4,267.00
Aetna COMMPOS $4,267.00
Aetna COMMHMO $4,267.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $4,609.00
Aetna OONPPO $5,020.00
Aetna OONHMO $5,020.00
Aetna OONPOS $5,020.00
BCBS HMO $5,186.05
Aetna ASAPOS $5,423.00
Aetna ASAHMO $5,423.00
Cigna PPO $5,480.00
BCBS EPOSOA $5,488.68
BCBS PPO $5,777.56
Humana PPO $23,770.96
Humana HMO $23,770.96

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Pet image full body at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $5,148.14 $1,364.64 – $6,435.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $4,567.11 $940.06 – $6,850.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $4,795.47 $1,364.64 – $5,994.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $5,148.14 $1,364.64 – $6,435.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $4,567.11 $1,364.64 – $6,850.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $4,567.11 $1,458.59 – $6,850.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $4,795.47 $1,364.64 – $7,193.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $5,148.14 $1,364.64 – $6,435.18

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