Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus at HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST
6002 FAIRMONT PKWY, PASADENA, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1174576698
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Cash price 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 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.
$1.24 with Christus (USFHP) vs $600.00 with Texas Athletic Network — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1.24 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2.13 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $2.13 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $2.13 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $2.67 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $2.67 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $2.67 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $2.67 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $2.67 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $3.34 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $3.62 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $4.31 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $5.78 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $5.78 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $5.78 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $5.78 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $6.22 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $6.22 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $7.82 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $8.98 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $10.54 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $10.54 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $10.67 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $12.00 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $12.86 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $12.86 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $13.34 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $14.60 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $15.56 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $16.09 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $19.12 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $20.01 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $20.12 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $20.12 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $20.12 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $23.70 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $24.45 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $24.45 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $26.68 | — |
| Prime Health Services | WORKERSCOMP | $26.68 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $26.68 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $26.68 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $26.68 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $28.90 | — |
| Fiesta Mart, Inc | COMM | $33.34 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $35.57 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $35.57 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $36.46 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $37.79 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $37.79 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $40.01 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $40.01 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $45.77 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $59.86 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $62.21 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $64.08 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $75.35 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $75.35 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $75.35 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $80.28 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $80.28 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $80.28 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $82.16 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $93.90 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $94.13 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $94.13 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $94.13 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $101.64 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $101.64 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $101.64 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $105.63 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $105.63 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $117.37 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | — |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | — |
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Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $8.46 | $1.79 – $18.12 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $30.00 | $1.49 – $42.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $30.00 | $1.49 – $45.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $30.00 | $1.49 – $37.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $30.00 | $1.49 – $42.50 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $30.00 | $1.49 – $45.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $30.00 | $1.49 – $45.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $30.00 | $1.49 – $45.00 |