Ultrasound guided needle placement supervision & interpretation 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

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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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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.

$44.40 with BCBS vs $3,182.58 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $44.40
BCBS BAV $56.26
BCBS HMO $85.78
BCBS EPOSOA $92.09
BCBS PPO $98.40
Aetna QHPExchange $163.05
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $212.17
Superior Health Plan CHIP $212.17
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $212.17
Superior Health Plan STAR $212.17
Superior Health Plan STARKids $212.17
Aetna NBPOS $216.71
Aetna NBPPO $216.71
Aetna NBHMO $216.71
Aetna COMMPOS $230.53
Aetna COMMPPO $230.53
Aetna COMMHMO $230.53
Aetna OONPOS $271.06
Aetna OONPPO $271.06
Aetna OONHMO $271.06
Aetna ASAHMO $292.94
Aetna ASAPOS $292.94
Aetna ASAPPO $292.94
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $459.71
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $459.71
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $459.71
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $459.71
Humana PPO $483.74
Humana HMO $483.74
Amerigroup MGMCD $495.07
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $495.07
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $622.37
United OptionsPPO $714.31
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $838.08
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $838.08
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $848.69
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $901.73
Molina Healthcare HIX $954.77
Evry Health BroadNetwork $965.38
CHC Harris Health Indigent $1,060.86
Imagine Health PPO $1,237.67
BCBS Traditional $1,237.67
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,414.48
Curative Administrators COMM $1,414.48
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,520.57
Averde Health Commercial $1,591.29
United GlobalAppendix $1,591.29
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,591.29
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,768.10
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,884.79
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,944.91
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,944.91
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,121.72
Independent Medical System COMM $2,121.72
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,121.72
Beech Street WCOMP $2,121.72
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $2,121.72
Coastal Comp COMM $2,298.53
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $2,652.15
Beech Street COMMPPO $2,828.96
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,828.96
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,899.68
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $3,005.77
Physicians, INC COMM $3,005.77
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,182.58
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $3,182.58

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Ultrasound guided needle placement supervision & interpretation at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $1,240.75 $35.57 – $2,658.75
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $909.17 $50.46 – $1,288.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $799.40 $84.77 – $1,199.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $906.04 $84.77 – $1,132.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $909.17 $57.78 – $1,288.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $799.40 $103.19 – $1,199.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $799.40 $413.03 – $1,199.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $906.04 $84.77 – $1,359.06

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