Variable concentration mask 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.

$0.84 with Oscar vs $6.53 with Humana — 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
Oscar MGMCR $0.84
WellMed MGMCR $0.86
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $0.86
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $0.86
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $0.86
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $0.86
CHC Harris Health Indigent $0.86
BCBS MCRPPO $0.86
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.86
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $0.86
Devoted Health MGMCR $0.86
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $0.86
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $0.86
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $0.86
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $0.86
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $0.86
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $0.86
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $0.86
Amerigroup DualEligible $0.86
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.87
Van Lang IPA MCR $0.87
United MCR $0.88
WellCare PFFS $0.89
WellCare MCRHMO $0.89
WellCare POS $0.89
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $0.89
WellCare SNP $0.89
WellCare PPO $0.89
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $0.90
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $0.90
Shared Health MGMCR $0.90
American Health Plan MGMCR $0.90
Superior Health Plan PFFS $0.90
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $0.90
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $0.90
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $0.90
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $0.90
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $0.91
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $0.91
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $0.91
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $0.91
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $0.91
Molina MGMCR $0.94
BCBS BAV $0.96
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $0.99
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $1.03
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $1.12
BCBS HMO $1.20
Community Health Choice HIX $1.25
Superior ValueHMO $1.25
BCBS EPOSOA $1.27
Superior HMO $1.33
Superior EPO $1.33
BCBS PPO $1.34
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1.70
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $1.81
Molina Healthcare HIX $1.85
Humana HMO $6.53
Humana PPO $6.53

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Variable concentration mask at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $0.84 – $1.85
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $0.84 – $1.85
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $0.81 – $0.81
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $0.84 – $1.85
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $0.84 – $1.85
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $0.84 – $1.85
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $0.84 – $1.85
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $0.84 – $1.85

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