X-ray exam of sinuses 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

$1,374.57

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.

$1,374.57

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.

$31.76 with Texas Health Network vs $1,237.11 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 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $32.41 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $32.41 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $32.41 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $32.41 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $32.41 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $32.41 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $32.41 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $32.41 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $33.06 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $35.00 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $35.65 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $35.65 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $35.65 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $35.65 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $40.51 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $82.47 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $82.47 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $82.47 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $82.47 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $82.47 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $87.12 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $94.29 ↓ -93%
Cigna PPO $112.08 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47 ↓ -90%
Aetna QHPExchange $143.16 ↓ -90%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71 ↓ -89%
BCBS BAV $177.98 ↓ -87%
United SmallGroup $182.03 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBHMO $190.27 ↓ -86%
Aetna NBPPO $190.27 ↓ -86%
Aetna NBPOS $190.27 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMPOS $202.40 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMMPPO $202.40 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMMHMO $202.40 ↓ -85%
Aetna OONPOS $237.99 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONHMO $237.99 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPPO $237.99 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $241.92 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAPPO $257.20 ↓ -81%
Aetna ASAHMO $257.20 ↓ -81%
Aetna ASAPOS $257.20 ↓ -81%
BCBS HMO $271.35 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $277.66 ↓ -80%
BCBS EPOSOA $291.31 ↓ -79%
BCBS PPO $311.26 ↓ -77%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $329.90 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $350.52 ↓ -74%
Humana PPO $365.61 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $365.61 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $375.26 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $481.10 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $481.10 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $549.83 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $549.83 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $591.07 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $618.56 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $618.56 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $618.56 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $687.28 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $732.65 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $756.01 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $756.01 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $824.74 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $824.74 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $824.74 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $824.74 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $824.74 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $893.47 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $1,030.93 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,099.66 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,099.66 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,127.15 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,168.38 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,168.38 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,237.11 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,237.11 ↓ -10%

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X-ray exam of sinuses at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $66.73 $30.79 – $142.99
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $830.26 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $151.82 $32.41 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $188.79 $38.86 – $283.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $249.35 $32.41 – $311.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $151.82 $32.41 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $188.79 $34.68 – $283.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $188.79 $32.41 – $283.19

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