Platelet automated 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

$678.36

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.

$678.36

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.

$3.68 with Texas Health Network vs $610.52 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 $3.68 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.76 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.76 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.76 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $3.76 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3.76 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.76 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3.76 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.76 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $3.84 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $4.06 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $4.14 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $4.14 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $4.14 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $4.14 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $4.39 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $4.48 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $4.48 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.48 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.48 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $4.48 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.48 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $4.48 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $4.48 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $4.48 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.48 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.48 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $4.48 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $4.48 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $4.48 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $4.48 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.48 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.48 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.48 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $4.48 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $4.50 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $4.52 ↓ -99%
United MCR $4.57 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $4.61 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $4.61 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $4.61 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $4.61 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $4.61 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $4.61 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $4.70 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $4.70 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $4.70 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $4.70 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $4.70 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $4.70 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $4.70 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $4.70 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $4.70 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $4.70 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $4.75 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $4.75 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $4.75 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $4.75 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $4.75 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4.85 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $4.88 ↓ -99%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $5.15 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.38 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $5.82 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $6.50 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $6.50 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $6.94 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $6.94 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $8.87 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9.05 ↓ -99%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $9.41 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare HIX $9.63 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $9.99 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $12.50 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $12.95 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $13.40 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $13.44 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $14.29 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPExchange $16.39 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $18.14 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $19.65 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBHMO $21.79 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBPOS $21.79 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBPPO $21.79 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMPOS $23.15 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMPPO $23.15 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMHMO $23.15 ↓ -97%
Cigna PPO $23.38 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONHMO $27.20 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONPOS $27.20 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONPPO $27.20 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASAPPO $29.41 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASAHMO $29.41 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASAPOS $29.41 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $40.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $40.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $40.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $40.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $40.70 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $59.83 ↓ -91%
Humana HMO $59.83 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $119.39 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $137.03 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $162.81 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $185.19 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $237.43 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $237.43 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $291.69 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $305.26 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $305.26 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $305.26 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $339.18 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $361.57 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $373.10 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $373.10 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $407.02 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $407.02 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $407.02 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $407.02 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $407.02 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $440.93 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $508.77 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $542.69 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $542.69 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $556.26 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $576.61 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $576.61 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $610.52 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $610.52 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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