Unlisted mr procedure 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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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.

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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.

$80.90 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $11,857.32 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $80.90
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $80.90
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $80.90
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $80.90
United MGMCD $82.52
Texas Health Network MCD $84.85
Amerigroup MGMCD $86.58
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $86.58
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $86.58
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $86.58
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $87.37
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $95.24
Molina Healthcare CHIP $95.24
Molina Healthcare STAR $95.24
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $95.24
Humana MCD $108.22
BCBS MyBlueHealth $109.74
BCBS BAV $139.04
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
United SmallGroup $182.03
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
BCBS HMO $211.99
BCBS EPOSOA $227.58
BCBS PPO $243.16
Superior Health Plan STAR $790.49
Superior Health Plan STARKids $790.49
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $790.49
Superior Health Plan CHIP $790.49
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $790.49
Aetna QHPExchange $1,210.00
Aetna ASAPPO $1,301.00
Aetna NBPPO $1,605.00
Aetna NBPOS $1,605.00
Aetna NBHMO $1,605.00
Aetna COMMPPO $1,706.00
Aetna COMMPOS $1,706.00
Aetna COMMHMO $1,706.00
Aetna OONHMO $2,007.00
Aetna OONPOS $2,007.00
Aetna OONPPO $2,007.00
Cigna CSN $2,127.00
Aetna ASAHMO $2,168.00
Aetna ASAPOS $2,168.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,304.00
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $2,318.76
United OptionsPPO $2,661.31
Cigna PPO $2,739.00
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $3,161.95
BCBS Traditional $4,611.18
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5,269.92
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $5,665.16
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $5,928.66
United GlobalAppendix $5,928.66
Coventry National First Health COMM $7,022.17
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $7,246.14
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $7,246.14
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $7,904.88
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $7,904.88
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $7,904.88
Beech Street WCOMP $7,904.88
Independent Medical System COMM $7,904.88
Coastal Comp COMM $8,563.62
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $9,881.10
Beech Street COMMPPO $10,539.84
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $10,539.84
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $10,803.34
Physicians, INC COMM $11,198.58
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $11,198.58
Affiliated PPO COMM $11,857.32
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $11,857.32

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Unlisted mr procedure at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,728.00 $83.05 – $2,160.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,052.00 $116.73 – $977.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,280.00 $83.05 – $814.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,728.00 $83.05 – $2,160.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,052.00 $83.05 – $977.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,052.00 $86.58 – $977.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,280.00 $83.05 – $977.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,728.00 $83.05 – $2,160.00

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