Ph body fluid 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

$376.87

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.

$376.87

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.

$2.95 with Texas Health Network vs $339.18 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 $2.95 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.01 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.01 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.01 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $3.01 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3.01 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.01 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3.01 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.01 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $3.07 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $3.25 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $3.31 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $3.31 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $3.31 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $3.31 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $3.51 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $3.58 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $3.58 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.58 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.58 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $3.58 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.58 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $3.58 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $3.58 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $3.58 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.58 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $3.58 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $3.58 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $3.58 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $3.58 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $3.58 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $3.58 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $3.58 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $3.58 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $3.58 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $3.60 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $3.62 ↓ -99%
United MCR $3.65 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $3.69 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $3.69 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $3.69 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $3.69 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $3.69 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $3.69 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $3.76 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $3.76 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $3.76 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $3.76 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $3.76 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $3.76 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $3.76 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $3.76 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $3.76 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $3.76 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $3.79 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $3.79 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $3.79 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $3.79 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $3.79 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3.87 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $3.90 ↓ -99%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $4.12 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $4.30 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $4.65 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $5.19 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $5.19 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $5.55 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $5.55 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7.09 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $7.23 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $7.52 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $7.70 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $7.98 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $9.99 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $10.35 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $10.70 ↓ -97%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $10.74 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $11.42 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPExchange $13.11 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $15.33 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $16.60 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPPO $17.44 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBHMO $17.44 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPOS $17.44 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMHMO $18.52 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPOS $18.52 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPPO $18.52 ↓ -95%
Cigna PPO $19.75 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPOS $21.76 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPPO $21.76 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONHMO $21.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $22.61 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $22.61 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $22.61 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $22.61 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $22.61 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAPOS $23.53 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAHMO $23.53 ↓ -94%
Aetna ASAPPO $23.53 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $47.82 ↓ -87%
Humana HMO $47.82 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $66.33 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $76.13 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $90.45 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $102.89 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $131.90 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $131.90 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $162.05 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $169.59 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $169.59 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $169.59 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $188.44 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $200.87 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $207.28 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $207.28 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $226.12 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $226.12 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $226.12 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $226.12 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $226.12 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $244.97 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $282.65 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $301.50 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $301.50 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $309.03 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $320.34 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $320.34 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $339.18 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $339.18 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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