Vein x-ray adrenal gland 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.

$126.07 with Texas Health Network vs $10,807.99 with BCBS — 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 $126.07
Amerigroup MGMCD $128.64
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $128.64
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $128.64
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $128.64
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $129.64
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $129.64
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $129.64
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $129.64
United MGMCD $132.23
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $140.01
Molina Healthcare STAR $141.50
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $141.50
Molina Healthcare CHIP $141.50
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $141.50
Humana MCD $160.80
Cigna CSN $273.82
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $296.33
Cigna PPO $352.26
Aetna QHPExchange $445.90
Aetna NBPPO $592.64
Aetna NBPOS $592.64
Aetna NBHMO $592.64
Aetna COMMHMO $630.43
Aetna COMMPOS $630.43
Aetna COMMPPO $630.43
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $676.11
Superior Health Plan STAR $676.11
Superior Health Plan STARKids $676.11
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $676.11
Superior Health Plan CHIP $676.11
Aetna OONPPO $741.27
Aetna OONHMO $741.27
Aetna OONPOS $741.27
Aetna ASAHMO $801.11
Aetna ASAPPO $801.11
Aetna ASAPOS $801.11
Humana PPO $1,595.83
Humana HMO $1,595.83
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,983.25
United OptionsPPO $2,276.23
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $2,704.44
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,873.46
Evry Health BroadNetwork $3,076.30
Imagine Health PPO $3,943.97
BCBS Traditional $3,943.97
Curative Administrators COMM $4,507.40
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,507.40
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $4,845.45
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,877.45
United GlobalAppendix $5,070.82
Averde Health Commercial $5,070.82
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $5,070.82
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5,437.15
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $5,634.24
Coventry National First Health COMM $6,006.11
BCBS BAV $6,179.95
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $6,197.67
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $6,197.67
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74
United SmallGroup $6,438.74
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $6,761.09
Independent Medical System COMM $6,761.09
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $6,761.09
Beech Street WCOMP $6,761.09
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $6,761.09
Coastal Comp COMM $7,324.52
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $8,451.37
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $9,014.79
Beech Street COMMPPO $9,014.79
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $9,240.16
BCBS HMO $9,422.35
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $9,578.22
Physicians, INC COMM $9,578.22
BCBS EPOSOA $10,115.17
Affiliated PPO COMM $10,141.64
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $10,141.64
BCBS PPO $10,807.99

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Vein x-ray adrenal gland at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $316.58 $122.21 – $904.50
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,833.34 $128.64 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,418.29 $497.77 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,325.28 $128.64 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,833.34 $128.64 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,418.29 $137.64 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,418.29 $128.64 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,325.28 $128.64 – $7,896.23

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