Reticulocyte automated 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

$521.47

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.

$521.47

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.

$3.28 with Texas Health Network vs $469.32 with Affiliated PPO — 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 $3.28 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.35 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.35 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.35 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $3.35 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3.35 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.35 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3.35 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.35 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $3.42 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $3.62 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $3.69 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $3.69 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $3.69 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $3.69 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $3.91 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $3.99 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $3.99 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.99 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.99 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $3.99 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.99 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $3.99 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $3.99 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $3.99 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.99 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $3.99 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $3.99 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $3.99 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $3.99 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $3.99 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $3.99 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $3.99 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $3.99 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $3.99 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $4.01 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $4.03 ↓ -99%
United MCR $4.07 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $4.11 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $4.11 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $4.11 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $4.11 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $4.11 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $4.11 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $4.19 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $4.19 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $4.19 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $4.19 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $4.19 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $4.19 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $4.19 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $4.19 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $4.19 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $4.19 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $4.23 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $4.23 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $4.23 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $4.23 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $4.23 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4.32 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $4.35 ↓ -99%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $4.59 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $4.79 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $5.19 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $5.79 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $5.79 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $6.18 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $6.18 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $7.90 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8.06 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $8.38 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $8.58 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $8.90 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $11.13 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $11.53 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $11.93 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $11.98 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $12.73 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPExchange $14.60 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $16.71 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $18.10 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBHMO $19.42 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPOS $19.42 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPPO $19.42 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPOS $20.63 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPPO $20.63 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMHMO $20.63 ↓ -96%
Cigna PPO $21.54 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONHMO $24.24 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPOS $24.24 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPPO $24.24 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPPO $26.21 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAHMO $26.21 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPOS $26.21 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $31.29 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $31.29 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $31.29 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $31.29 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $31.29 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $53.34 ↓ -90%
Humana HMO $53.34 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $91.78 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $105.34 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $125.15 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $142.36 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $182.51 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $182.51 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $224.23 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $234.66 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $234.66 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $234.66 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $260.74 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $277.94 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $286.81 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $286.81 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $312.88 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $312.88 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $312.88 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $312.88 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $312.88 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $338.96 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $391.10 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $417.18 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $417.18 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $427.61 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $443.25 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $443.25 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $469.32 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $469.32 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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