Pyruvate 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

$453.77

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.

$453.77

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.

$11.92 with Texas Health Network vs $408.39 with Multiplan — 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
Texas Health Network MCD $11.92 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $12.16 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.16 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $12.16 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $12.16 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $12.16 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $12.16 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $12.16 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.16 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $12.40 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $13.13 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $13.38 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $13.38 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $13.38 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $13.38 ↓ -97%
Oscar MGMCR $14.19 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.48 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $14.48 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.48 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.48 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.48 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.48 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $14.48 ↓ -97%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $14.48 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $14.48 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $14.48 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $14.48 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $14.48 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.48 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.48 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $14.48 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup DualEligible $14.48 ↓ -97%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $14.48 ↓ -97%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $14.48 ↓ -97%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.48 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $14.55 ↓ -97%
Van Lang IPA MCR $14.62 ↓ -97%
United MCR $14.77 ↓ -97%
WellCare SNP $14.91 ↓ -97%
WellCare PPO $14.91 ↓ -97%
WellCare PFFS $14.91 ↓ -97%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $14.91 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCRHMO $14.91 ↓ -97%
WellCare POS $14.91 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MGMCR $15.20 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $15.20 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $15.20 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $15.20 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $15.20 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $15.20 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $15.20 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $15.20 ↓ -97%
Shared Health MGMCR $15.20 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $15.20 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $15.35 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $15.35 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $15.35 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $15.35 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $15.35 ↓ -97%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $15.67 ↓ -97%
Molina MGMCR $15.78 ↓ -97%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $16.65 ↓ -96%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $17.38 ↓ -96%
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $18.82 ↓ -96%
Superior ValueHMO $21.00 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice HIX $21.00 ↓ -95%
Superior HMO $22.44 ↓ -95%
Superior EPO $22.44 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $27.23 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $27.23 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $27.23 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $27.23 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $27.23 ↓ -94%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $28.67 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.25 ↓ -94%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $30.41 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare HIX $31.13 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $32.29 ↓ -93%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $35.18 ↓ -92%
BCBS HMO $40.40 ↓ -91%
Oscar HIX $41.85 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $43.30 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $46.19 ↓ -90%
Aetna QHPExchange $53.02 ↓ -88%
Cigna CSN $59.93 ↓ -87%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $64.91 ↓ -86%
Aetna NBHMO $70.51 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBPOS $70.51 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBPPO $70.51 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMMPPO $74.91 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMPOS $74.91 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMHMO $74.91 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $77.23 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $79.86 ↓ -82%
Aetna OONHMO $88.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna OONPOS $88.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna OONPPO $88.00 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $91.66 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAPPO $95.15 ↓ -79%
Aetna ASAHMO $95.15 ↓ -79%
Aetna ASAPOS $95.15 ↓ -79%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $108.90 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $123.88 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $156.67 ↓ -65%
Humana PPO $156.67 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $158.82 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $158.82 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $195.12 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $204.20 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $204.20 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $204.20 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $226.88 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $241.86 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $249.57 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $249.57 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $272.26 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $272.26 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $272.26 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $272.26 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $272.26 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $294.95 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $340.33 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $363.02 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $363.02 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $372.09 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $385.70 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $385.70 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $408.39 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $408.39 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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