Puncture arterial withdrawal blood for diagnosis 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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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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$14.98 with Superior Health Plan vs $11,153.00 with Oscar — 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 CHIP $14.98
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $14.98
Superior Health Plan STARKids $14.98
Superior Health Plan STAR $14.98
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $14.98
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $32.46
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $32.46
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $32.46
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $32.46
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $34.96
Amerigroup MGMCD $34.96
Cigna CSN $36.96
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $39.95
BCBS MyBlueHealth $40.70
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $43.95
BCBS BAV $44.95
Cigna PPO $47.44
United OptionsPPO $50.44
BCBS HMO $56.18
BCBS EPOSOA $57.43
BCBS PPO $58.43
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $59.18
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $59.18
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $59.93
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $63.68
Aetna QHPExchange $66.17
Evry Health BroadNetwork $68.17
Humana PPO $79.68
Humana HMO $79.68
Aetna NBHMO $80.16
Aetna NBPOS $80.16
Aetna NBPPO $80.16
Aetna COMMPOS $85.40
Aetna COMMHMO $85.40
Aetna COMMPPO $85.40
BCBS Traditional $87.40
Imagine Health PPO $87.40
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $99.88
Curative Administrators COMM $99.88
Aetna OONPPO $100.13
Aetna OONHMO $100.13
Aetna OONPOS $100.13
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $107.38
Aetna ASAPPO $108.12
Aetna ASAHMO $108.12
Aetna ASAPOS $108.12
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $112.37
Averde Health Commercial $112.37
United GlobalAppendix $112.37
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $124.86
Coventry National First Health COMM $133.10
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $137.34
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $137.34
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $149.83
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $149.83
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $149.83
Independent Medical System COMM $149.83
Beech Street WCOMP $149.83
Coastal Comp COMM $162.31
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $187.28
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $199.77
Beech Street COMMPPO $199.77
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $204.76
Physicians, INC COMM $212.25
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $212.25
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $224.74
Affiliated PPO COMM $224.74
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
United SmallGroup $4,183.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4,340.00
United AllPayerAppendix $5,976.00
Oscar HIX $11,153.00

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Puncture arterial withdrawal blood for diagnosis at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $85.05 $16.16 – $182.25
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $287.08 $136.29 – $136.29
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $127.50 $10.00 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $96.17 $12.00 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $94.55 $12.00 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $127.50 $10.00 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $96.17 $12.00 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $96.17 $8.00 – $3,235.82

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