X-ray neck soft tissue 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

$1,288.47

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.

$1,288.47

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.

$30.78 with Texas Health Network vs $1,159.62 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 $30.78 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $31.41 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $31.41 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $31.41 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $31.41 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $31.74 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $31.74 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $31.74 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $31.74 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $32.37 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $34.28 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $34.55 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $34.55 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $34.55 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $34.55 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $39.26 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STAR $77.31 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $77.31 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $77.31 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $77.31 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $77.31 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $83.51 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $90.37 ↓ -93%
Cigna PPO $107.43 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $135.16 ↓ -90%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47 ↓ -89%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71 ↓ -88%
BCBS BAV $177.98 ↓ -86%
Aetna NBHMO $179.64 ↓ -86%
Aetna NBPPO $179.64 ↓ -86%
Aetna NBPOS $179.64 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -86%
United SmallGroup $182.03 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMHMO $191.09 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMMPOS $191.09 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMMPPO $191.09 ↓ -85%
Aetna OONHMO $224.69 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPPO $224.69 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPOS $224.69 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $226.77 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAPPO $242.82 ↓ -81%
Aetna ASAHMO $242.82 ↓ -81%
Aetna ASAPOS $242.82 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $260.27 ↓ -80%
BCBS HMO $271.35 ↓ -79%
BCBS EPOSOA $291.31 ↓ -77%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $309.23 ↓ -76%
BCBS PPO $311.26 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $328.56 ↓ -74%
Humana PPO $347.02 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $347.02 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $351.75 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $450.96 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $450.96 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $515.39 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $515.39 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $554.04 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $579.81 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $579.81 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $579.81 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $644.24 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $686.75 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $708.66 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $708.66 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $773.08 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $773.08 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $773.08 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $773.08 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $773.08 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $837.51 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $966.35 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,030.78 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,030.78 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,056.55 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,095.20 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,095.20 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,159.62 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,159.62 ↓ -10%

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X-ray neck soft tissue at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $347.55 $29.84 – $744.75
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $520.32 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $191.89 $31.41 – $239.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $279.65 $57.56 – $419.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $237.76 $31.41 – $297.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $191.89 $31.41 – $239.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $279.65 $33.61 – $419.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $279.65 $31.41 – $419.47

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