X-ray sella turcica 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

$756.78

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.

$756.78

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.

$32.42 with Texas Health Network vs $681.10 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 $32.42 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $33.08 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $33.08 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $33.08 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $33.08 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $33.08 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $33.08 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $33.08 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $33.08 ↓ -96%
United MGMCD $33.74 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $35.73 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $36.39 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STAR $36.39 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $36.39 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $36.39 ↓ -95%
Humana MCD $41.35 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $45.41 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $45.41 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $45.41 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $45.41 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $45.41 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $87.12 ↓ -88%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $94.29 ↓ -88%
Cigna PPO $112.08 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $133.19 ↓ -82%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47 ↓ -81%
Aetna QHPExchange $143.16 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $152.87 ↓ -80%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71 ↓ -80%
BCBS BAV $177.98 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $181.63 ↓ -76%
United SmallGroup $182.03 ↓ -76%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -76%
Aetna NBPOS $190.27 ↓ -75%
Aetna NBHMO $190.27 ↓ -75%
Aetna NBPPO $190.27 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $192.98 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMMPPO $202.40 ↓ -73%
Aetna COMMHMO $202.40 ↓ -73%
Aetna COMMPOS $202.40 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $206.60 ↓ -73%
Aetna OONHMO $237.99 ↓ -69%
Aetna OONPOS $237.99 ↓ -69%
Aetna OONPPO $237.99 ↓ -69%
Aetna ASAHMO $257.20 ↓ -66%
Aetna ASAPPO $257.20 ↓ -66%
Aetna ASAPOS $257.20 ↓ -66%
Imagine Health PPO $264.87 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $264.87 ↓ -65%
BCBS HMO $271.35 ↓ -64%
BCBS EPOSOA $291.31 ↓ -62%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $302.71 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $302.71 ↓ -60%
BCBS PPO $311.26 ↓ -59%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $325.42 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $340.55 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $340.55 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $340.55 ↓ -55%
Humana PPO $365.61 ↓ -52%
Humana HMO $365.61 ↓ -52%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $378.39 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $403.36 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $416.23 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $416.23 ↓ -45%
Beech Street WCOMP $454.07 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $454.07 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $454.07 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $454.07 ↓ -40%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $454.07 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $491.91 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $567.59 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $605.42 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $605.42 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $620.56 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $643.26 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $643.26 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $681.10 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $681.10 ↓ -10%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $92.48 $33.08 – $225.11
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