Placental lactogen 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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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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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.

$16.64 with Texas Health Network vs $270.18 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 $16.64
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $16.98
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $16.98
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $16.98
Amerigroup MGMCD $16.98
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $16.98
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $16.98
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $16.98
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $16.98
United MGMCD $17.32
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $18.34
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $18.68
Molina Healthcare CHIP $18.68
Molina Healthcare STAR $18.68
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $18.68
Oscar MGMCR $19.82
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $20.22
Amerigroup DualEligible $20.22
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $20.22
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $20.22
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $20.22
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $20.22
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $20.22
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $20.22
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $20.22
United SmallGroup $20.22
CHC Harris Health Indigent $20.22
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $20.22
BCBS MCRPPO $20.22
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $20.22
Devoted Health MGMCR $20.22
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $20.22
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $20.22
United AllPayerAppendix $20.22
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $20.22
WellMed MGMCR $20.32
Van Lang IPA MCR $20.42
United MCR $20.62
WellCare MCRHMO $20.83
WellCare POS $20.83
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $20.83
WellCare SNP $20.83
WellCare PFFS $20.83
WellCare PPO $20.83
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $21.23
Humana MCD $21.23
American Health Plan MGMCR $21.23
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $21.23
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $21.23
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $21.23
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $21.23
Superior Health Plan PFFS $21.23
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $21.23
Shared Health MGMCR $21.23
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $21.43
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $21.43
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $21.43
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $21.43
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $21.43
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $21.88
Molina MGMCR $22.04
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $23.25
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $24.26
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $26.29
Community Health Choice HIX $29.32
Superior ValueHMO $29.32
Superior HMO $31.34
Superior EPO $31.34
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $40.04
BCBS MyBlueHealth $40.84
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $42.46
Molina Healthcare HIX $43.47
BCBS BAV $45.09
BCBS HMO $56.41
Oscar HIX $58.44
BCBS EPOSOA $60.46
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $60.68
BCBS PPO $64.50
Aetna QHPExchange $74.08
Cigna CSN $83.66
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $90.61
Aetna NBPPO $98.52
Aetna NBHMO $98.52
Aetna NBPOS $98.52
Aetna COMMPOS $104.67
Aetna COMMHMO $104.67
Aetna COMMPPO $104.67
Cigna PPO $107.81
Aetna OONHMO $122.96
Aetna OONPOS $122.96
Aetna OONPPO $122.96
Aetna ASAPPO $132.95
Aetna ASAPOS $132.95
Aetna ASAHMO $132.95
Humana PPO $270.18
Humana HMO $270.18
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $207.64 $10.00 – $259.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $207.64 $12.00 – $311.45
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