Pretreat rbc absorption reference 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

$1,030.62

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.

$1,030.62

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.

$33.84 with United vs $927.56 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
United SmallGroup $33.84 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $33.84 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $61.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $61.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $61.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $61.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $61.84 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $67.53 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $74.55 ↓ -93%
BCBS HMO $93.27 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $99.96 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $106.64 ↓ -90%
Aetna QHPExchange $133.03 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $133.98 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $133.98 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $133.98 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $133.98 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $140.77 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $144.29 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $144.29 ↓ -86%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $152.47 ↓ -85%
Aetna NBPOS $176.92 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBPPO $176.92 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBHMO $176.92 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $181.39 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $181.41 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMPPO $187.96 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMPOS $187.96 ↓ -82%
Aetna COMMHMO $187.96 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $200.97 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $208.19 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPPO $220.80 ↓ -79%
Aetna OONHMO $220.80 ↓ -79%
Aetna OONPOS $220.80 ↓ -79%
Aetna ASAHMO $238.74 ↓ -77%
Aetna ASAPOS $238.74 ↓ -77%
Aetna ASAPPO $238.74 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $244.26 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $244.26 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $247.35 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $262.81 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $281.36 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $360.72 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $360.72 ↓ -65%
Humana PPO $376.32 ↓ -63%
Humana HMO $376.32 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $412.25 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $443.17 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $463.78 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $463.78 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $463.78 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $515.31 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $549.32 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $566.84 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $566.84 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $618.37 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $618.37 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $618.37 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $618.37 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $618.37 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $669.90 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $772.96 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $824.50 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $824.50 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $845.11 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $876.03 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $876.03 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $927.56 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $927.56 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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