Tc-99m sulfur colloid 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

$1,482.51

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.

$1,482.51

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.

$88.95 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,334.26 with Multiplan — 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 CHIP $88.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $88.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $88.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $88.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $88.95 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $104.39 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $115.04 ↓ -92%
BCBS EPOSOA $143.80 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $143.80 ↓ -90%
BCBS HMO $143.80 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $192.73 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $192.73 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $192.73 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $192.73 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $207.55 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $207.55 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $260.92 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $289.09 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $299.47 ↓ -80%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $351.35 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $351.35 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $355.80 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $378.04 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $400.28 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $404.73 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $444.75 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBHMO $475.89 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $475.89 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $475.89 ↓ -68%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $507.02 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $507.02 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $507.02 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $518.88 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $518.88 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $593.00 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $593.00 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $594.49 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $594.49 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $594.49 ↓ -60%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -60%
Humana PPO $625.02 ↓ -58%
Humana HMO $625.02 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $637.48 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $641.93 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $641.93 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $641.93 ↓ -57%
Cigna CSN $659.96 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $667.13 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $667.13 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $667.13 ↓ -55%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $714.50 ↓ -52%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $741.25 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $790.18 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $815.38 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $815.38 ↓ -45%
Cigna PPO $850.86 ↓ -43%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $889.51 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $889.51 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $889.51 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $889.51 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $889.51 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $963.63 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $1,111.88 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,186.01 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,186.01 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,215.66 ↓ -18%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,239.81 ↓ -16%
United SmallGroup $1,239.81 ↓ -16%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,239.81 ↓ -16%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,260.13 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,260.13 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,334.26 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,334.26 ↓ -10%

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