Solid skin barrier 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

$22.00

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.

$22.00

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.

$1.32 with Superior Health Plan vs $35.16 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.32 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.32 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.32 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1.32 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.32 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $2.86 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $2.86 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $2.86 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $2.86 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $3.08 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.08 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $3.26 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3.52 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $3.87 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $4.18 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $4.44 ↓ -80%
Oscar MGMCR $4.47 ↓ -80%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.56 ↓ -79%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $4.56 ↓ -79%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.56 ↓ -79%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $4.56 ↓ -79%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $4.56 ↓ -79%
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.56 ↓ -79%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $4.56 ↓ -79%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $4.56 ↓ -79%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.56 ↓ -79%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $4.56 ↓ -79%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $4.56 ↓ -79%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $4.56 ↓ -79%
Devoted Health MGMCR $4.56 ↓ -79%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.56 ↓ -79%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.56 ↓ -79%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $4.56 ↓ -79%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4.56 ↓ -79%
WellMed MGMCR $4.58 ↓ -79%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4.61 ↓ -79%
Van Lang IPA MCR $4.61 ↓ -79%
United MCR $4.65 ↓ -79%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $4.70 ↓ -79%
WellCare MCRHMO $4.70 ↓ -79%
WellCare POS $4.70 ↓ -79%
WellCare PPO $4.70 ↓ -79%
WellCare PFFS $4.70 ↓ -79%
WellCare SNP $4.70 ↓ -79%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $4.79 ↓ -78%
American Health Plan MGMCR $4.79 ↓ -78%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $4.79 ↓ -78%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $4.79 ↓ -78%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $4.79 ↓ -78%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $4.79 ↓ -78%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $4.79 ↓ -78%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $4.79 ↓ -78%
Shared Health MGMCR $4.79 ↓ -78%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $4.83 ↓ -78%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $4.83 ↓ -78%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $4.83 ↓ -78%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $4.83 ↓ -78%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $4.83 ↓ -78%
Molina MGMCR $4.97 ↓ -77%
BCBS BAV $5.10 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $5.21 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $5.21 ↓ -76%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $5.24 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $5.28 ↓ -76%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.47 ↓ -75%
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $5.93 ↓ -73%
BCBS HMO $6.36 ↓ -71%
Community Health Choice HIX $6.61 ↓ -70%
Superior ValueHMO $6.61 ↓ -70%
BCBS EPOSOA $6.73 ↓ -69%
Superior EPO $7.07 ↓ -68%
Superior HMO $7.07 ↓ -68%
BCBS PPO $7.11 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $7.70 ↓ -65%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.03 ↓ -59%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $9.46 ↓ -57%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $9.58 ↓ -56%
Molina Healthcare HIX $9.80 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $9.90 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $11.73 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $12.10 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $12.10 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $13.20 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $13.20 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $13.20 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $13.20 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $13.20 ↓ -40%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $16.50 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $17.60 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $17.60 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $18.04 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $18.70 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $18.70 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $19.80 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $19.80 ↓ -10%
Humana HMO $35.16 ↑ +60%
Humana PPO $35.16 ↑ +60%

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Solid skin barrier at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $14.00 $4.47 – $9.80
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $20.00 $4.47 – $9.80
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $4.28 – $4.28
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $4.47 – $9.80
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $4.47 – $9.80
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $4.47 – $9.80
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $4.47 – $9.80
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