X-ray abdomen 2 views 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.

$36.02 with Texas Health Network vs $2,438.89 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 $36.02
Amerigroup MGMCD $36.75
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $36.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $36.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $36.75
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $37.09
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $37.09
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $37.09
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $37.09
United MGMCD $37.83
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $40.06
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $40.43
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $40.43
Molina Healthcare STAR $40.43
Molina Healthcare CHIP $40.43
Humana MCD $45.94
Cigna CSN $94.44
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $102.20
Cigna PPO $121.49
Aetna QHPExchange $153.14
Superior Health Plan STARKids $162.59
Superior Health Plan CHIP $162.59
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $162.59
Superior Health Plan STAR $162.59
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $162.59
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26
Aetna NBPPO $203.54
Aetna NBPOS $203.54
Aetna NBHMO $203.54
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
Aetna COMMPPO $216.52
Aetna COMMHMO $216.52
Aetna COMMPOS $216.52
United SmallGroup $245.18
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
BCBS BAV $249.94
Aetna OONPOS $254.59
Aetna OONHMO $254.59
Aetna OONPPO $254.59
Aetna ASAHMO $275.13
Aetna ASAPPO $275.13
Aetna ASAPOS $275.13
Humana PPO $377.94
Humana HMO $377.94
BCBS HMO $381.07
BCBS EPOSOA $409.09
BCBS PPO $437.11
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $476.94
United OptionsPPO $547.40
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $650.37
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $691.02
Evry Health BroadNetwork $739.80
BCBS Traditional $948.46
Imagine Health PPO $948.46
Curative Administrators COMM $1,083.95
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,083.95
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,165.25
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,219.45
Averde Health Commercial $1,219.45
United GlobalAppendix $1,219.45
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,354.94
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,444.37
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,490.43
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,490.43
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $1,625.93
Beech Street WCOMP $1,625.93
Independent Medical System COMM $1,625.93
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,625.93
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,625.93
Coastal Comp COMM $1,761.42
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $2,032.41
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,167.90
Beech Street COMMPPO $2,167.90
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,222.10
Physicians, INC COMM $2,303.40
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,303.40
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,438.89
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,438.89

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X-ray abdomen 2 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $568.75 $34.91 – $1,218.60
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $850.70 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $316.30 $36.75 – $395.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $328.57 $67.63 – $492.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $316.47 $36.75 – $395.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $316.30 $36.75 – $395.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $328.57 $39.32 – $492.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $328.57 $36.75 – $492.85

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