Shoulder X-ray (single view, both shoulders) at HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST

6002 FAIRMONT PKWY, PASADENA, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1174576698

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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.

$21.28 with Texas Health Network vs $1,199.06 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 $21.28 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $21.71 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $21.71 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $21.71 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $21.71 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $21.71 —
United MGMCD $22.14 —
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $23.45 —
Molina Healthcare STAR $23.88 —
Molina Healthcare CHIP $23.88 —
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $23.88 —
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $23.88 —
Humana MCD $27.14 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $32.56 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $32.56 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $32.56 —
Cigna CSN $51.95 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $56.22 —
Cigna PPO $66.83 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $79.94 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $79.94 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $79.94 —
Superior Health Plan STAR $79.94 —
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $79.94 —
Aetna NBPOS $115.92 —
Aetna NBHMO $115.92 —
Aetna NBPPO $115.92 —
Aetna COMMHMO $123.34 —
Aetna COMMPOS $123.34 —
Aetna COMMPPO $123.34 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47 —
Aetna OONPPO $145.01 —
Aetna OONHMO $145.01 —
Aetna OONPOS $145.01 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71 —
Aetna ASAHMO $156.79 —
Aetna ASAPOS $156.79 —
Aetna ASAPPO $156.79 —
BCBS BAV $177.98 —
United SmallGroup $182.03 —
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 —
United OptionsPPO $269.12 —
BCBS HMO $271.35 —
BCBS EPOSOA $291.31 —
BCBS PPO $311.26 —
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $319.75 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $339.73 —
Evry Health BroadNetwork $363.72 —
Humana PPO $441.39 —
Humana HMO $441.39 —
BCBS Traditional $466.30 —
Imagine Health PPO $466.30 —
Curative Administrators COMM $532.92 —
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $532.92 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $572.88 —
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $599.53 —
Averde Health Commercial $599.53 —
United GlobalAppendix $599.53 —
Coventry National First Health COMM $690.13 —
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $732.76 —
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $732.76 —
Independent Medical System COMM $799.37 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $799.37 —
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $799.37 —
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $799.37 —
Coastal Comp COMM $865.99 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $999.22 —
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $999.22 —
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,065.83 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,092.48 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,132.45 —
Physicians, INC COMM $1,132.45 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,132.45 —
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,199.06 —

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Shoulder X-ray (single view, both shoulders) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $355.60 $20.62 – $762.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $440.62 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $268.60 $21.71 – $335.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $399.27 $82.18 – $598.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $320.82 $21.71 – $401.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $268.60 $21.71 – $335.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $399.27 $23.23 – $598.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $399.27 $21.71 – $598.90

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