X-ray abdomen >=3 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.

$42.24 with Texas Health Network vs $2,917.42 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 $42.24
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $43.10
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $43.10
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $43.10
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $43.10
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $43.10
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $43.10
Amerigroup MGMCD $43.10
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $43.10
United MGMCD $43.96
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $46.55
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $47.41
Molina Healthcare STAR $47.41
Molina Healthcare CHIP $47.41
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $47.41
Humana MCD $53.88
Cigna CSN $110.20
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $119.26
Cigna PPO $141.77
Aetna QHPExchange $180.96
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $194.49
Superior Health Plan STARKids $194.49
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $194.49
Superior Health Plan CHIP $194.49
Superior Health Plan STAR $194.49
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
Aetna NBPOS $240.52
Aetna NBHMO $240.52
Aetna NBPPO $240.52
United SmallGroup $245.18
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
BCBS BAV $249.94
Aetna COMMPOS $255.86
Aetna COMMHMO $255.86
Aetna COMMPPO $255.86
Aetna OONPPO $300.84
Aetna OONPOS $300.84
Aetna OONHMO $300.84
Aetna ASAPPO $325.12
Aetna ASAHMO $325.12
Aetna ASAPOS $325.12
BCBS HMO $381.07
BCBS EPOSOA $409.09
BCBS PPO $437.11
Humana HMO $440.13
Humana PPO $440.13
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $570.52
United OptionsPPO $654.80
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $777.98
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $826.60
Evry Health BroadNetwork $884.95
BCBS Traditional $1,134.55
Imagine Health PPO $1,134.55
Curative Administrators COMM $1,296.63
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,296.63
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,393.88
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,458.71
Averde Health Commercial $1,458.71
United GlobalAppendix $1,458.71
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,620.79
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,727.76
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,782.87
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,782.87
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $1,944.95
Beech Street WCOMP $1,944.95
Independent Medical System COMM $1,944.95
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,944.95
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,944.95
Coastal Comp COMM $2,107.03
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $2,431.18
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,593.26
Beech Street COMMPPO $2,593.26
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,658.10
Physicians, INC COMM $2,755.34
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,755.34
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,917.42
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,917.42

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X-ray abdomen >=3 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $568.75 $40.95 – $799.50
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $646.31 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $244.51 $43.10 – $305.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $331.54 $68.24 – $497.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $344.12 $43.10 – $430.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $244.51 $43.10 – $305.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $331.54 $46.12 – $497.30
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $331.54 $43.10 – $497.30

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