X-ray exam of middle ear at HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST
6002 FAIRMONT PKWY, PASADENA, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1174576698
$1,773.35
Cash price 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.
$1,773.35
Gross charge 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.
$60.91 with Texas Health Network vs $1,878.16 with BCBS — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $60.91 | ↓ -97% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $61.81 | ↓ -97% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $61.81 | ↓ -97% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $61.81 | ↓ -97% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $61.81 | ↓ -97% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $62.15 | ↓ -96% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $62.15 | ↓ -96% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $62.15 | ↓ -96% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $62.15 | ↓ -96% |
| United | MGMCD | $63.05 | ↓ -96% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $66.75 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $68.37 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $68.37 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $68.37 | ↓ -96% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $68.37 | ↓ -96% |
| Humana | MCD | $77.69 | ↓ -96% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $106.40 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $106.40 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $106.40 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $106.40 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $106.40 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | CSN | $162.37 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $175.73 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | PPO | $208.89 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $264.65 | ↓ -85% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $312.11 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $351.75 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $351.75 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $351.75 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $358.22 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $374.17 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $374.17 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $374.17 | ↓ -79% |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $425.60 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $439.96 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $439.96 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $439.96 | ↓ -75% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $452.20 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $475.47 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $475.47 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $475.47 | ↓ -73% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $484.12 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | HMO | $570.77 | ↓ -68% |
| Humana | PPO | $570.77 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $620.67 | ↓ -65% |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $620.67 | ↓ -65% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $709.34 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $709.34 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $762.54 | ↓ -57% |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $798.01 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $798.01 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $798.01 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $847.58 | ↓ -52% |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $886.67 | ↓ -50% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $917.49 | ↓ -48% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $945.20 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $975.34 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $975.34 | ↓ -45% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,064.01 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,064.01 | ↓ -40% |
| Prime Health Services | WORKERSCOMP | $1,064.01 | ↓ -40% |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $1,064.01 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,064.01 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS | BAV | $1,073.92 | ↓ -39% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,086.50 | ↓ -39% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,086.50 | ↓ -39% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,152.68 | ↓ -35% |
| Fiesta Mart, Inc | COMM | $1,330.01 | ↓ -25% |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $1,418.68 | ↓ -20% |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $1,418.68 | ↓ -20% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,454.15 | ↓ -18% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $1,507.35 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $1,507.35 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,596.02 | ↓ -10% |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $1,596.02 | ↓ -10% |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,637.37 | ↓ -8% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,757.77 | ↓ -1% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,878.16 | ↑ +6% |
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X-ray exam of middle ear at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $322.45 | $66.37 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $338.57 | $62.15 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $322.45 | $66.50 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $322.45 | $62.15 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $338.57 | $62.15 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $322.45 | $62.15 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER | Temple | $322.45 | $62.15 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE | Suite 100 | $338.57 | $62.15 – $1,618.11 |