X-ray ankle 2 views (both sides) 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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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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Gross charge

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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.

$31.76 with Texas Health Network vs $1,037.27 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 $31.76
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $32.41
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $32.41
Amerigroup MGMCD $32.41
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $32.41
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $32.75
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $32.75
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $32.75
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $32.75
United MGMCD $33.41
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $35.37
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $35.65
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $35.65
Molina Healthcare STAR $35.65
Molina Healthcare CHIP $35.65
Humana MCD $40.51
Superior Health Plan CHIP $69.15
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $69.15
Superior Health Plan STARKids $69.15
Superior Health Plan STAR $69.15
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $69.15
Cigna CSN $89.58
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $96.94
Cigna PPO $115.24
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47
Aetna QHPExchange $145.14
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
BCBS BAV $177.98
United SmallGroup $182.03
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Aetna NBPPO $192.91
Aetna NBPOS $192.91
Aetna NBHMO $192.91
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $202.84
Aetna COMMPOS $205.20
Aetna COMMHMO $205.20
Aetna COMMPPO $205.20
United OptionsPPO $232.81
Aetna OONPPO $241.28
Aetna OONPOS $241.28
Aetna OONHMO $241.28
Aetna ASAHMO $260.76
Aetna ASAPOS $260.76
Aetna ASAPPO $260.76
BCBS HMO $271.35
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $276.60
BCBS EPOSOA $291.31
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $293.89
BCBS PPO $311.26
Evry Health BroadNetwork $314.64
Humana HMO $371.86
Humana PPO $371.86
BCBS Traditional $403.38
Imagine Health PPO $403.38
Curative Administrators COMM $461.01
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $461.01
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $495.58
Averde Health Commercial $518.63
United GlobalAppendix $518.63
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $518.63
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $576.26
Coventry National First Health COMM $614.29
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $633.89
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $633.89
Independent Medical System COMM $691.51
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $691.51
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $691.51
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $691.51
Beech Street WCOMP $691.51
Coastal Comp COMM $749.14
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $864.39
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $922.02
Beech Street COMMPPO $922.02
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $945.07
Physicians, INC COMM $979.64
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $979.64
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,037.27
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,037.27

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X-ray ankle 2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $368.90 $30.79 – $790.50
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $479.22 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $217.55 $32.41 – $271.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $287.83 $59.24 – $431.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $302.50 $32.41 – $378.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $217.55 $32.41 – $271.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $287.83 $34.68 – $431.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $287.83 $32.41 – $431.74

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