Radiation handling 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

$2,121.36

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.

$2,121.36

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.

$28.37 with BCBS vs $1,909.22 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $28.37 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $31.31 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPExchange $33.98 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBHMO $45.17 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPPO $45.17 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPOS $45.17 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $46.50 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $46.50 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $46.50 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPPO $48.05 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMHMO $48.05 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPOS $48.05 ↓ -98%
Aetna OONPPO $56.50 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONHMO $56.50 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPOS $56.50 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPPO $61.06 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPOS $61.06 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAHMO $61.06 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $127.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $127.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $127.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $127.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $127.28 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $266.25 ↓ -87%
Humana HMO $266.25 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $275.78 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $275.78 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $275.78 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $275.78 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $296.99 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $296.99 ↓ -86%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $373.36 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $428.51 ↓ -80%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $502.76 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $502.76 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $509.13 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $540.95 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $572.77 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $579.13 ↓ -73%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -72%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $636.41 ↓ -70%
Imagine Health PPO $742.48 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $742.48 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $848.54 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $848.54 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $912.18 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $954.61 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $954.61 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $954.61 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,060.68 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,130.68 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,166.75 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,166.75 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,272.82 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,272.82 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,272.82 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,272.82 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $1,272.82 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,378.88 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $1,591.02 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,697.09 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,697.09 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,739.52 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,803.16 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,803.16 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,909.22 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,909.22 ↓ -10%

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