X-ray exam si joints 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

$1,987.86

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.

$1,987.86

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.

$32.74 with Texas Health Network vs $1,789.07 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 $32.74 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $33.08 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $33.08 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $33.08 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $33.08 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $33.41 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $33.41 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $33.41 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $33.41 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $33.74 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $35.73 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $36.75 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $36.75 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $36.75 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $36.75 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $41.76 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $90.78 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $98.25 ↓ -95%
Cigna PPO $116.79 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $119.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $119.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $119.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $119.27 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $119.27 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $147.12 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPPO $195.54 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPOS $195.54 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBHMO $195.54 ↓ -90%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26 ↓ -90%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPPO $208.01 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMHMO $208.01 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPOS $208.01 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPOS $244.58 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONHMO $244.58 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONPPO $244.58 ↓ -88%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -88%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -88%
BCBS BAV $249.94 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAHMO $264.32 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAPPO $264.32 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAPOS $264.32 ↓ -87%
Humana PPO $340.77 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $340.77 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $349.86 ↓ -82%
BCBS HMO $381.07 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $401.55 ↓ -80%
BCBS EPOSOA $409.09 ↓ -79%
BCBS PPO $437.11 ↓ -78%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $477.09 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $506.90 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $542.69 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $695.75 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $695.75 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $795.14 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $795.14 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $854.78 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $894.54 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $894.54 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $894.54 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $993.93 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,059.53 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,093.32 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,093.32 ↓ -45%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $1,192.72 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,192.72 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,192.72 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,192.72 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,192.72 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,292.11 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $1,490.89 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,590.29 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,590.29 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,630.05 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,689.68 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,689.68 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,789.07 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,789.07 ↓ -10%

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X-ray exam si joints at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $420.35 $31.74 – $900.75
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $627.75 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $162.73 $33.41 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $246.16 $50.67 – $369.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $246.98 $33.41 – $308.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $162.73 $33.41 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $246.16 $35.75 – $369.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $246.16 $33.41 – $369.24

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