Thyroid (TSH) Test 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

$2,253.52

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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$2,253.52

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.

$13.83 with Texas Health Network vs $2,028.17 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
Texas Health Network MCD $13.83 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $14.11 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $14.11 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $14.11 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $14.11 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $14.11 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $14.11 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $14.11 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $14.11 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $14.39 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $15.24 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $15.52 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $15.52 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $15.52 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $15.52 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $16.46 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $16.80 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $16.80 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.80 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.80 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.80 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.80 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $16.80 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $16.80 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $16.80 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.80 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $16.80 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $16.80 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $16.80 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $16.80 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $16.80 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $16.80 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $16.80 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $16.80 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $16.80 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $16.88 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $16.97 ↓ -99%
United MCR $17.14 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $17.30 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $17.30 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $17.30 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $17.30 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $17.30 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $17.30 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $17.64 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $17.64 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $17.64 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $17.64 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $17.64 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $17.64 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $17.64 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $17.64 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $17.64 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $17.64 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $17.81 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $17.81 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $17.81 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $17.81 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $17.81 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $18.18 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $18.31 ↓ -99%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $19.32 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $20.16 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $21.84 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $24.36 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $24.36 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $26.04 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $26.04 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $33.26 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $33.94 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $35.28 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $36.12 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $37.46 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $46.87 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $48.55 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $50.23 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $50.43 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $53.59 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPExchange $61.55 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $69.71 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $75.51 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBHMO $81.86 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPOS $81.86 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPPO $81.86 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPOS $86.96 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPPO $86.96 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMHMO $86.96 ↓ -96%
Cigna PPO $89.84 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONHMO $102.16 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPOS $102.16 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPPO $102.16 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPPO $110.46 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAHMO $110.46 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPOS $110.46 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $135.21 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $135.21 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $135.21 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $135.21 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $135.21 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $224.52 ↓ -90%
Humana HMO $224.52 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $396.62 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $455.21 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $540.84 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $615.21 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $788.73 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $788.73 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $969.01 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $1,014.08 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,014.08 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,014.08 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,126.76 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,201.13 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,239.44 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,239.44 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,352.11 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,352.11 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,352.11 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $1,352.11 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,352.11 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,464.79 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $1,690.14 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,802.82 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,802.82 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,847.89 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,915.49 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,915.49 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,028.17 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,028.17 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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