X-ray knee ap standing bilateral 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

$1,921.40

Cash price

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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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$1,921.40

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.

$39.30 with Texas Health Network vs $1,729.26 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 $39.30 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $40.10 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $40.10 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $40.10 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $40.10 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $40.10 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $40.10 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $40.10 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $40.10 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $40.90 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $43.31 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $44.11 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $44.11 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $44.11 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $44.11 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $50.13 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $115.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $115.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $115.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $115.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $115.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $115.28 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $124.52 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47 ↓ -93%
Cigna PPO $148.02 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $177.98 ↓ -91%
United SmallGroup $182.03 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -91%
Aetna QHPExchange $190.95 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPOS $253.79 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBHMO $253.79 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPPO $253.79 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMHMO $269.97 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMPOS $269.97 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMPPO $269.97 ↓ -86%
BCBS HMO $271.35 ↓ -86%
BCBS EPOSOA $291.31 ↓ -85%
BCBS PPO $311.26 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONHMO $317.44 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPOS $317.44 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPPO $317.44 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $338.17 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAPPO $343.06 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAPOS $343.06 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAHMO $343.06 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $388.12 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $461.14 ↓ -76%
Humana PPO $471.22 ↓ -75%
Humana HMO $471.22 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $489.96 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $524.54 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $672.49 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $672.49 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $768.56 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $768.56 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $826.20 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $864.63 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $864.63 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $864.63 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $960.70 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,024.11 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,056.77 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,056.77 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,152.84 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $1,152.84 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,152.84 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,152.84 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,152.84 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,248.91 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $1,441.05 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,537.12 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,537.12 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,575.55 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,633.19 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,633.19 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,729.26 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,729.26 ↓ -10%

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X-ray knee ap standing bilateral at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $583.45 $38.09 – $1,250.25
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $922.15 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $299.78 $40.10 – $374.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $289.34 $59.56 – $434.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $300.65 $40.10 – $375.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $299.78 $40.10 – $374.73
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $289.34 $42.91 – $434.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $289.34 $40.10 – $434.01

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