X-ray abdomen 1 view 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

$2,178.18

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.

$2,178.18

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.

$29.79 with Texas Health Network vs $1,960.36 with Multiplan — 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 $29.79 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $30.08 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $30.08 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $30.08 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $30.08 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $30.40 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $30.40 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $30.40 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $30.40 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $30.68 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $32.49 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $33.44 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $33.44 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $33.44 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $33.44 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $38.00 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $77.44 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $83.80 ↓ -96%
Cigna PPO $99.62 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPExchange $127.23 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $130.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $130.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $130.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $130.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $130.69 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPOS $169.10 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBHMO $169.10 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPPO $169.10 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $177.98 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMHMO $179.88 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPOS $179.88 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPPO $179.88 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -92%
United SmallGroup $182.03 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPPO $211.51 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONHMO $211.51 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPOS $211.51 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPPO $228.58 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAHMO $228.58 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPOS $228.58 ↓ -90%
BCBS HMO $271.35 ↓ -88%
BCBS EPOSOA $291.31 ↓ -87%
BCBS PPO $311.26 ↓ -86%
Humana HMO $315.93 ↓ -85%
Humana PPO $315.93 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $383.36 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $439.99 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $522.76 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $555.44 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $594.64 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $762.36 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $762.36 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $871.27 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $871.27 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $936.62 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $980.18 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $980.18 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $980.18 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,089.09 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,160.97 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,198.00 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,198.00 ↓ -45%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $1,306.91 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,306.91 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,306.91 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,306.91 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,306.91 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,415.82 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $1,633.63 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,742.54 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,742.54 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,786.11 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,851.45 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,851.45 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,960.36 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,960.36 ↓ -10%

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X-ray abdomen 1 view at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $472.15 $28.88 – $1,008.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $493.50 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $247.64 $30.40 – $309.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $360.75 $74.25 – $541.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $367.60 $30.40 – $459.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $247.64 $30.40 – $309.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $360.75 $32.53 – $541.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $360.75 $30.40 – $541.12

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