Replace pretibial shell 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.

$651.18 with Oscar vs $5,111.16 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
Oscar MGMCR $651.18
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $664.47
Amerigroup DualEligible $664.47
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $664.47
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $664.47
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $664.47
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $664.47
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $664.47
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $664.47
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $664.47
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $664.47
Devoted Health MGMCR $664.47
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $664.47
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $664.47
CHC Harris Health Indigent $664.47
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $664.47
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $664.47
BCBS MCRPPO $664.47
WellMed MGMCR $667.79
Van Lang IPA MCR $671.11
United MCR $677.76
WellCare PFFS $684.40
WellCare PPO $684.40
WellCare SNP $684.40
WellCare POS $684.40
WellCare MCRHMO $684.40
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $684.40
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $697.69
Superior Health Plan PFFS $697.69
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $697.69
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $697.69
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $697.69
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $697.69
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $697.69
American Health Plan MGMCR $697.69
Shared Health MGMCR $697.69
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $704.34
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $704.34
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $704.34
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $704.34
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $704.34
Molina MGMCR $724.27
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $764.14
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $797.36
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $863.81
Community Health Choice HIX $963.48
Superior ValueHMO $963.48
Superior EPO $1,029.93
Superior HMO $1,029.93
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,315.65
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $1,395.39
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,428.61
Humana PPO $5,111.16
Humana HMO $5,111.16

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Replace pretibial shell at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $651.18 – $1,428.61
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $651.18 – $1,428.61
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $651.18 – $1,428.61
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $651.18 – $1,428.61
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $651.18 – $1,428.61
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $651.18 – $1,428.61
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $651.18 – $1,428.61
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $664.47 – $701.02

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