Thyroid met uptake at HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST
6002 FAIRMONT PKWY, PASADENA, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1174576698
$6,666.92
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.
$6,666.92
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.
$102.75 with BCBS vs $6,000.23 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $102.75 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | BAV | $130.19 | ↓ -98% |
| BCBS | HMO | $198.49 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $213.09 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | PPO | $227.68 | ↓ -97% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $312.23 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $400.02 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $400.02 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $400.02 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $400.02 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $400.02 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $414.98 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $414.98 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $414.98 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $441.44 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $441.44 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $441.44 | ↓ -93% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $519.06 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $519.06 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $519.06 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $560.95 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $560.95 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $560.95 | ↓ -92% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -91% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $866.70 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $866.70 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $866.70 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $866.70 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $933.37 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $933.37 | ↓ -86% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,029.66 | ↓ -85% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,029.66 | ↓ -85% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $1,173.38 | ↓ -82% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,346.72 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $1,580.06 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $1,580.06 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $1,600.06 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,700.06 | ↓ -75% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $1,800.07 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $1,820.07 | ↓ -73% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $2,000.08 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,333.42 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $2,333.42 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $2,666.77 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,666.77 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $2,866.78 | ↓ -57% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $3,000.11 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $3,000.11 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $3,000.11 | ↓ -55% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $3,333.46 | ↓ -50% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $3,553.47 | ↓ -47% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $3,666.81 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $3,666.81 | ↓ -45% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $4,000.15 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $4,000.15 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $4,000.15 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $4,000.15 | ↓ -40% |
| Prime Health Services | WORKERSCOMP | $4,000.15 | ↓ -40% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $4,333.50 | ↓ -35% |
| Fiesta Mart, Inc | COMM | $5,000.19 | ↓ -25% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $5,333.54 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $5,333.54 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $5,466.87 | ↓ -18% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $5,666.88 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $5,666.88 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $6,000.23 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $6,000.23 | ↓ -10% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $398.40 | $112.88 – $564.40 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $398.40 | $82.00 – $597.60 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $398.40 | $79.68 – $498.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $398.40 | $106.24 – $564.40 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $398.40 | $127.89 – $597.60 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $398.40 | $205.84 – $597.60 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $398.40 | $132.80 – $597.60 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $398.40 | $106.24 – $564.40 |