Ultrasound joint complete left 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

$3,921.68

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.

$3,921.68

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.

$94.35 with Texas Health Network vs $3,529.51 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 $94.35 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $96.28 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $96.28 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $96.28 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $96.28 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $96.28 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $96.28 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $96.28 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $96.28 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $98.21 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $102.12 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $103.98 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $105.91 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $105.91 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $105.91 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $105.91 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $120.35 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $129.38 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPExchange $169.07 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $197.27 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $211.77 ↓ -95%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBHMO $224.71 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPOS $224.71 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPPO $224.71 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $226.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $235.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $235.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $235.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $235.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $235.30 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMHMO $239.04 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPOS $239.04 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $239.04 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPPO $281.07 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPOS $281.07 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONHMO $281.07 ↓ -93%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPPO $303.75 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPOS $303.75 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAHMO $303.75 ↓ -92%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -87%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $690.22 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $792.18 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $941.20 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,070.62 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $1,235.56 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $1,235.56 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $1,372.59 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $1,372.59 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,568.67 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,568.67 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,686.32 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,764.76 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $1,764.76 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,764.76 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,960.84 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,090.26 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,156.92 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,156.92 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $2,353.01 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,353.01 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $2,353.01 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,353.01 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $2,353.01 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $2,549.09 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $2,941.26 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $3,137.34 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $3,137.34 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,215.78 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $3,333.43 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $3,333.43 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $3,529.51 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,529.51 ↓ -10%

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