Pretreat rbc w enzyme 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

$541.46

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.

$541.46

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.

$32.49 with Superior Health Plan vs $904.08 with BCBS — 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
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $32.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $32.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $32.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $32.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $32.49 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $70.39 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $70.39 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $70.39 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $70.39 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $75.80 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $75.80 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPExchange $88.69 ↓ -84%
Cigna CSN $93.40 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $95.30 ↓ -82%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $101.16 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $105.58 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $109.37 ↓ -80%
Aetna NBPPO $117.94 ↓ -78%
Aetna NBPOS $117.94 ↓ -78%
Aetna NBHMO $117.94 ↓ -78%
Cigna PPO $120.36 ↓ -78%
Aetna COMMHMO $125.30 ↓ -77%
Aetna COMMPOS $125.30 ↓ -77%
Aetna COMMPPO $125.30 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $128.33 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $128.33 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $129.95 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $138.07 ↓ -75%
Aetna OONHMO $147.20 ↓ -73%
Aetna OONPPO $147.20 ↓ -73%
Aetna OONPOS $147.20 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $147.82 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASAPPO $159.16 ↓ -71%
Aetna ASAPOS $159.16 ↓ -71%
Aetna ASAHMO $159.16 ↓ -71%
Imagine Health PPO $189.51 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $189.51 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $216.58 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $232.83 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $243.66 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $243.66 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $243.66 ↓ -55%
Humana PPO $252.11 ↓ -53%
Humana HMO $252.11 ↓ -53%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $270.73 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $288.60 ↓ -47%
United AllPayerAppendix $291.26 ↓ -46%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $291.26 ↓ -46%
United SmallGroup $291.26 ↓ -46%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $297.80 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $297.80 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $324.88 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $324.88 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $324.88 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $324.88 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $324.88 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $351.95 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $406.10 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $433.17 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $433.17 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $444.00 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $460.24 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $460.24 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $487.31 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $487.31 ↓ -10%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $572.49 ↑ +6%
BCBS BAV $632.00 ↑ +17%
BCBS HMO $790.71 ↑ +46%
BCBS EPOSOA $847.40 ↑ +57%
BCBS PPO $904.08 ↑ +67%
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