Very long chain fatty acids 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.

$16.26 with Texas Health Network vs $241.18 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
Texas Health Network MCD $16.26
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $16.59
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $16.59
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $16.59
Amerigroup MGMCD $16.59
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $16.59
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $16.59
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $16.59
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $16.59
United MGMCD $16.92
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $17.92
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $18.25
Molina Healthcare CHIP $18.25
Molina Healthcare STAR $18.25
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $18.25
Oscar MGMCR $19.36
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $19.75
Amerigroup DualEligible $19.75
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $19.75
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $19.75
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $19.75
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $19.75
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $19.75
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $19.75
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $19.75
United SmallGroup $19.75
CHC Harris Health Indigent $19.75
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $19.75
BCBS MCRPPO $19.75
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $19.75
Devoted Health MGMCR $19.75
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $19.75
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $19.75
United AllPayerAppendix $19.75
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $19.75
WellMed MGMCR $19.85
Van Lang IPA MCR $19.95
United MCR $20.14
WellCare MCRHMO $20.34
WellCare POS $20.34
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $20.34
WellCare SNP $20.34
WellCare PFFS $20.34
WellCare PPO $20.34
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $20.74
Humana MCD $20.74
American Health Plan MGMCR $20.74
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $20.74
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $20.74
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $20.74
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $20.74
Superior Health Plan PFFS $20.74
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $20.74
Shared Health MGMCR $20.74
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $20.94
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $20.94
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $20.94
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $20.94
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $20.94
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $21.38
Molina MGMCR $21.53
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $22.71
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $23.70
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $25.68
Community Health Choice HIX $28.64
Superior ValueHMO $28.64
Superior HMO $30.61
Superior EPO $30.61
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $39.10
BCBS MyBlueHealth $39.90
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $41.48
Molina Healthcare HIX $42.46
BCBS BAV $44.04
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $54.17
BCBS HMO $55.10
Oscar HIX $57.08
BCBS EPOSOA $59.05
BCBS PPO $63.00
Aetna QHPExchange $72.35
Cigna CSN $80.84
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $87.56
Aetna NBPPO $96.21
Aetna NBHMO $96.21
Aetna NBPOS $96.21
Aetna COMMPOS $102.22
Aetna COMMHMO $102.22
Aetna COMMPPO $102.22
Cigna PPO $104.18
Aetna OONHMO $120.08
Aetna OONPOS $120.08
Aetna OONPPO $120.08
Aetna ASAPPO $129.84
Aetna ASAPOS $129.84
Aetna ASAHMO $129.84
Humana PPO $241.18
Humana HMO $241.18
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $295.97 $10.00 – $369.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $221.53 $12.00 – $332.30
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $221.53 $12.00 – $332.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $221.53 $8.00 – $332.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $221.53 $12.00 – $332.30
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