Upper GI Barium X-ray (barium only) at HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST
6002 FAIRMONT PKWY, PASADENA, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1174576698
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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.
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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.
$87.91 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,318.68 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $87.91 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $87.91 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $87.91 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $87.91 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $87.91 | — |
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $120.50 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $122.96 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $124.96 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $124.96 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $124.96 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $124.96 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $127.46 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $134.96 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $135.26 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $135.26 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $135.26 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $135.26 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $153.70 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $184.44 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $184.44 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $184.44 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $295.97 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $315.32 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $320.71 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $339.25 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $341.25 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $351.65 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $373.63 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $400.00 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $401.74 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $401.74 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $405.65 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $406.35 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $485.42 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $485.42 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $512.82 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $512.82 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $586.08 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $586.08 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $619.55 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $630.04 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $659.34 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $659.34 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $659.34 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $665.10 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $710.66 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $730.42 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $730.42 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $730.42 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $758.97 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $777.19 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $777.19 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $777.19 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $805.86 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $805.86 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $879.12 | — |
| Prime Health Services | WORKERSCOMP | $879.12 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $879.12 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $879.12 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $913.77 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $913.77 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $913.77 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $952.38 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $988.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $988.00 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $988.00 | — |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $1,098.90 | — |
| Fiesta Mart, Inc | COMM | $1,098.90 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $1,172.16 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,201.46 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $1,245.42 | — |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $1,245.42 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $1,245.42 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,318.68 | — |
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Upper GI Barium X-ray (barium only) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $446.42 | $116.81 – $956.61 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $555.04 | $122.96 – $693.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $771.95 | $158.89 – $1,157.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $622.09 | $122.96 – $777.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $555.04 | $122.96 – $693.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $771.95 | $131.57 – $1,157.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $771.95 | $122.96 – $1,157.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $622.09 | $122.96 – $933.14 |