Sinus CT scan (with contrast) 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

$13,623.61

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.

$13,623.61

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.

$153.25 with Texas Health Network vs $12,261.25 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 $153.25 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $156.38 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $156.38 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $156.38 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $156.38 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $157.71 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $157.71 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $157.71 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $157.71 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $160.86 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $170.33 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $172.02 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $172.02 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $172.02 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $172.02 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $195.47 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $339.25 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $391.77 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $401.74 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $451.91 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $686.97 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPExchange $725.00 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $727.06 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $765.32 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $817.42 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $817.42 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $817.42 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $817.42 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $817.42 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPOS $963.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBHMO $963.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPPO $963.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,024.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,024.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,024.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPPO $1,203.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPOS $1,203.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONHMO $1,203.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,301.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,301.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,301.00 ↓ -90%
Cigna CSN $1,635.00 ↓ -88%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,771.00 ↓ -87%
Humana PPO $1,950.03 ↓ -86%
Humana HMO $1,950.03 ↓ -86%
Cigna PPO $2,106.00 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,397.76 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $2,751.97 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $3,269.67 ↓ -76%
BCBS Traditional $4,768.26 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5,449.44 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $5,858.15 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $6,130.62 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $6,130.62 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $7,261.38 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $7,492.99 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $7,492.99 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $8,174.17 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $8,174.17 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $8,174.17 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $8,174.17 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $8,174.17 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $8,855.35 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $10,217.71 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $10,898.89 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $10,898.89 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $11,171.36 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $11,580.07 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $11,580.07 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $12,261.25 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $12,261.25 ↓ -10%

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Sinus CT scan (with contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $2,685.55 $148.56 – $5,754.75
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $3,250.16 $849.15 – $849.15
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,004.41 $156.38 – $2,505.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,930.24 $236.02 – $2,895.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,561.70 $156.38 – $3,202.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,004.41 $156.38 – $2,505.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,930.24 $167.33 – $2,895.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,930.24 $156.38 – $2,895.35

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