Portable 02 contents, gas 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.

$60.24 with Oscar vs $467.52 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
Oscar MGMCR $60.24
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $61.47
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $61.47
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $61.47
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $61.47
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $61.47
Amerigroup DualEligible $61.47
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $61.47
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $61.47
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $61.47
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $61.47
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $61.47
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $61.47
Devoted Health MGMCR $61.47
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $61.47
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $61.47
BCBS MCRPPO $61.47
CHC Harris Health Indigent $61.47
WellMed MGMCR $61.78
Van Lang IPA MCR $62.08
United MCR $62.70
WellCare PFFS $63.31
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $63.31
WellCare SNP $63.31
WellCare PPO $63.31
WellCare POS $63.31
WellCare MCRHMO $63.31
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $64.54
Shared Health MGMCR $64.54
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $64.54
American Health Plan MGMCR $64.54
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $64.54
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $64.54
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $64.54
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $64.54
Superior Health Plan PFFS $64.54
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $65.16
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $65.16
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $65.16
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $65.16
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $65.16
Molina MGMCR $67.00
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $70.69
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $73.76
BCBS MyBlueHealth $77.60
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $79.91
BCBS BAV $85.73
Superior ValueHMO $89.13
Community Health Choice HIX $89.13
Superior EPO $95.28
Superior HMO $95.28
BCBS HMO $107.01
BCBS EPOSOA $113.27
BCBS PPO $119.53
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $121.71
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $129.09
Molina Healthcare HIX $132.16
Humana PPO $467.52
Humana HMO $467.52

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Portable 02 contents, gas at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $60.24 – $132.16
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $60.24 – $132.16
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $71.97 – $71.97
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $60.24 – $132.16
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $60.24 – $132.16
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $60.24 – $132.16
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $60.24 – $132.16
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $60.24 – $132.16

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