Red blood cells each unit 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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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.

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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.

$54.98 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,390.77 with Humana — 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 $54.98
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $54.98
Superior Health Plan STARKids $54.98
Superior Health Plan STAR $54.98
Superior Health Plan CHIP $54.98
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $119.12
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $119.12
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $119.12
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $119.12
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $128.28
Amerigroup MGMCD $128.28
Cigna CSN $135.61
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $146.61
BCBS MyBlueHealth $149.36
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $161.27
BCBS BAV $164.93
Cigna PPO $174.10
Oscar HIX $178.68
United OptionsPPO $185.09
BCBS HMO $206.17
BCBS EPOSOA $210.75
BCBS PPO $214.41
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $217.16
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $217.16
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $219.91
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $233.65
Evry Health BroadNetwork $250.15
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Imagine Health PPO $320.70
BCBS Traditional $320.70
Aetna QHPExchange $354.66
Curative Administrators COMM $366.52
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $366.52
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $394.00
United GlobalAppendix $412.33
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $412.33
Averde Health Commercial $412.33
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $458.14
Aetna NBPOS $471.65
Aetna NBHMO $471.65
Aetna NBPPO $471.65
Coventry National First Health COMM $488.38
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Aetna COMMHMO $501.08
Aetna COMMPOS $501.08
Aetna COMMPPO $501.08
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $503.96
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $503.96
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $549.77
Independent Medical System COMM $549.77
Beech Street WCOMP $549.77
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $549.77
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $549.77
Aetna OONPPO $588.64
Aetna OONPOS $588.64
Aetna OONHMO $588.64
Coastal Comp COMM $595.59
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Aetna ASAPPO $636.47
Aetna ASAPOS $636.47
Aetna ASAHMO $636.47
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $687.22
Beech Street COMMPPO $733.03
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $733.03
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $751.36
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $778.85
Physicians, INC COMM $778.85
Affiliated PPO COMM $824.66
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $824.66
Humana HMO $1,390.77
Humana PPO $1,390.77

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Red blood cells each unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $232.75 $88.00 – $498.75
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $414.33 $117.39 – $517.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $447.32 $92.07 – $670.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $464.14 $92.83 – $580.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $414.33 $110.49 – $517.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $447.32 $140.65 – $670.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $447.32 $231.11 – $670.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $464.14 $140.65 – $696.20

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