Stress test pulmonary 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

$709.44

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.

$709.44

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.

$42.57 with Superior Health Plan vs $638.50 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
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $42.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $42.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $42.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $42.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $42.57 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $92.23 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $92.23 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $92.23 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $92.23 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $99.32 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $99.32 ↓ -86%
Humana HMO $104.70 ↓ -85%
Humana PPO $104.70 ↓ -85%
Cigna CSN $105.00 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $113.51 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $124.86 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $134.79 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $138.34 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $143.31 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $168.14 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $168.14 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $170.27 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $180.91 ↓ -74%
Aetna QHPExchange $188.00 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $193.68 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $227.73 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $227.73 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $227.73 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMHMO $242.63 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $242.63 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $242.63 ↓ -66%
Imagine Health PPO $248.30 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $248.30 ↓ -65%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $255.13 ↓ -64%
BCBS BAV $281.30 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $283.78 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $283.78 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $284.49 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $284.49 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $284.49 ↓ -60%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $305.06 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $307.19 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $307.19 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $307.19 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $319.25 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $319.25 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $319.25 ↓ -55%
BCBS HMO $352.17 ↓ -50%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $354.72 ↓ -50%
BCBS EPOSOA $364.16 ↓ -49%
BCBS PPO $376.15 ↓ -47%
Coventry National First Health COMM $378.13 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $390.19 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $390.19 ↓ -45%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $425.66 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $425.66 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $425.66 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $425.66 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $425.66 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $461.14 ↓ -35%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -30%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $532.08 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $567.55 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $567.55 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $581.74 ↓ -18%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $603.02 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $603.02 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $638.50 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $638.50 ↓ -10%

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Stress test pulmonary at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $96.08 $100.00 – $978.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $363.12 $102.88 – $453.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $613.00 $126.18 – $919.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $517.67 $103.53 – $647.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $363.12 $96.83 – $453.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $613.00 $126.97 – $919.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $613.00 $316.45 – $919.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $517.67 $126.97 – $776.51

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