Wbc automated 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

$424.56

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.

$424.56

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.

$2.09 with Texas Health Network vs $382.10 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.

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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 $2.09 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $2.13 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $2.13 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $2.13 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2.13 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2.13 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $2.13 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $2.13 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $2.13 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $2.17 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $2.30 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $2.34 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $2.34 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $2.34 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $2.34 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $2.49 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $2.54 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $2.54 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $2.54 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $2.54 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2.54 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $2.54 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $2.54 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $2.54 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $2.54 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $2.54 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $2.54 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $2.54 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $2.54 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $2.54 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $2.54 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $2.54 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $2.54 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $2.54 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $2.54 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $2.55 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $2.57 ↓ -99%
United MCR $2.59 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $2.62 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $2.62 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $2.62 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $2.62 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $2.62 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $2.62 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $2.66 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $2.67 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $2.67 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $2.67 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $2.67 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $2.67 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $2.67 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $2.67 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $2.67 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $2.67 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $2.69 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $2.69 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $2.69 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $2.69 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $2.69 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2.75 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $2.77 ↓ -99%
Kindred Hospital MGMCR $2.92 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $3.05 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCRSkilledNursing $3.30 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $3.68 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $3.68 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $3.94 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $3.94 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $5.03 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $5.13 ↓ -99%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $5.33 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare HIX $5.46 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $5.66 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $7.09 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $7.34 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $7.59 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $7.60 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $8.10 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPExchange $9.30 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $9.74 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $10.55 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBHMO $12.37 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBPOS $12.37 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBPPO $12.37 ↓ -97%
Cigna PPO $12.55 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMPOS $13.14 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMPPO $13.14 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMHMO $13.14 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONHMO $15.44 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONPOS $15.44 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONPPO $15.44 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASAPOS $16.69 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASAHMO $16.69 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASAPPO $16.69 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $25.47 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $25.47 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $25.47 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $25.47 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $25.47 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $33.87 ↓ -92%
Humana HMO $33.87 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $74.72 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $85.76 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $101.89 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $115.90 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $148.60 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $148.60 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $182.56 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $191.05 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $191.05 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $191.05 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $212.28 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $226.29 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $233.51 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $233.51 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $254.74 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $254.74 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $254.74 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $254.74 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $254.74 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $275.96 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $318.42 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $339.65 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $339.65 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $348.14 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $360.88 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $360.88 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $382.10 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $382.10 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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