Postop dsg ak ea add cast ch 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.

$804.99 with Oscar vs $6,318.34 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 $804.99
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $821.42
Amerigroup DualEligible $821.42
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $821.42
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $821.42
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $821.42
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $821.42
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $821.42
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $821.42
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $821.42
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $821.42
Devoted Health MGMCR $821.42
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $821.42
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $821.42
CHC Harris Health Indigent $821.42
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $821.42
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $821.42
BCBS MCRPPO $821.42
WellMed MGMCR $825.53
Van Lang IPA MCR $829.63
United MCR $837.85
WellCare PFFS $846.06
WellCare PPO $846.06
WellCare SNP $846.06
WellCare POS $846.06
WellCare MCRHMO $846.06
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $846.06
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $862.49
Superior Health Plan PFFS $862.49
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $862.49
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $862.49
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $862.49
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $862.49
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $862.49
American Health Plan MGMCR $862.49
Shared Health MGMCR $862.49
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $870.71
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $870.71
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $870.71
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $870.71
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $870.71
Molina MGMCR $895.35
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $944.63
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $985.70
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $1,067.85
Community Health Choice HIX $1,191.06
Superior ValueHMO $1,191.06
Superior EPO $1,273.20
Superior HMO $1,273.20
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,626.41
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $1,724.98
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,766.05
Humana PPO $6,318.34
Humana HMO $6,318.34

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Postop dsg ak ea add cast ch at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $804.99 – $1,766.05
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $804.99 – $1,766.05
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $804.99 – $1,766.05
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $804.99 – $1,766.05
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $804.99 – $1,766.05
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $804.99 – $1,766.05
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $804.99 – $1,766.05
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $821.42 – $866.60

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