Pet image w/ct lmtd 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

$37,319.02

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.

$37,319.02

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.

$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $33,587.12 with Multiplan — 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 Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -99%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -99%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -98%
Texas Health Network MCD $1,459.56 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,480.34 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,480.34 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,480.34 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,480.34 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,489.35 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1,489.35 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,489.35 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,489.35 ↓ -96%
United MGMCD $1,509.95 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $1,598.77 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $1,638.29 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STAR $1,638.29 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $1,638.29 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $1,638.29 ↓ -96%
Humana MCD $1,861.69 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,168.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2,239.14 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2,239.14 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $2,239.14 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2,239.14 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2,239.14 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,812.65 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2,957.56 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $3,024.00 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $3,330.77 ↓ -91%
United SmallGroup $3,330.77 ↓ -91%
BCBS BAV $3,411.51 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPOS $4,013.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBHMO $4,013.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBPPO $4,013.00 ↓ -89%
Cigna CSN $4,254.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMHMO $4,267.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPPO $4,267.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPOS $4,267.00 ↓ -89%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $4,609.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONHMO $5,020.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPPO $5,020.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPOS $5,020.00 ↓ -87%
BCBS HMO $5,186.05 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAPOS $5,423.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAHMO $5,423.00 ↓ -85%
Cigna PPO $5,480.00 ↓ -85%
BCBS EPOSOA $5,488.68 ↓ -85%
BCBS PPO $5,777.56 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $6,568.15 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $7,538.44 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $8,956.56 ↓ -76%
BCBS Traditional $13,061.66 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $14,927.61 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $16,047.18 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $16,793.56 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $16,793.56 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $19,891.04 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $20,525.46 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $20,525.46 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $22,391.41 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $22,391.41 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $22,391.41 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $22,391.41 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $22,391.41 ↓ -40%
Humana HMO $23,770.96 ↓ -36%
Humana PPO $23,770.96 ↓ -36%
Coastal Comp COMM $24,257.36 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $27,989.26 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $29,855.22 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $29,855.22 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $30,601.60 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $31,721.17 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $31,721.17 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $33,587.12 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $33,587.12 ↓ -10%

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