X-ray shoulder 1 view (both sides) 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

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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.

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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.

$21.28 with Texas Health Network vs $1,199.06 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 $21.28
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $21.71
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $21.71
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $21.71
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $21.71
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $21.71
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $21.71
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $21.71
Amerigroup MGMCD $21.71
United MGMCD $22.14
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $23.45
Molina Healthcare CHIP $23.88
Molina Healthcare STAR $23.88
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $23.88
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $23.88
Humana MCD $27.14
Cigna CSN $51.95
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $56.22
Cigna PPO $66.83
Superior Health Plan STAR $79.94
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $79.94
Superior Health Plan CHIP $79.94
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $79.94
Superior Health Plan STARKids $79.94
Aetna QHPExchange $83.40
Aetna NBHMO $110.85
Aetna NBPPO $110.85
Aetna NBPOS $110.85
Aetna COMMHMO $117.92
Aetna COMMPPO $117.92
Aetna COMMPOS $117.92
Aetna OONHMO $138.65
Aetna OONPOS $138.65
Aetna OONPPO $138.65
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47
Aetna ASAHMO $149.84
Aetna ASAPOS $149.84
Aetna ASAPPO $149.84
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
BCBS BAV $177.98
United SmallGroup $182.03
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $234.48
Humana HMO $259.99
Humana PPO $259.99
United OptionsPPO $269.12
BCBS HMO $271.35
BCBS EPOSOA $291.31
BCBS PPO $311.26
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $319.75
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $339.73
Evry Health BroadNetwork $363.72
BCBS Traditional $466.30
Imagine Health PPO $466.30
Curative Administrators COMM $532.92
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $532.92
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $572.88
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $599.53
Averde Health Commercial $599.53
United GlobalAppendix $599.53
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $666.14
Coventry National First Health COMM $710.11
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $732.76
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $732.76
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $799.37
Beech Street WCOMP $799.37
Independent Medical System COMM $799.37
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $799.37
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $799.37
Coastal Comp COMM $865.99
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $999.22
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,065.83
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,065.83
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,092.48
Physicians, INC COMM $1,132.45
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,132.45
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,199.06
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,199.06

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X-ray shoulder 1 view (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $355.60 $20.62 – $762.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $440.62 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $268.60 $21.71 – $335.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $399.27 $82.18 – $598.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $320.82 $21.71 – $401.02
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $268.60 $21.71 – $335.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $399.27 $23.23 – $598.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $399.27 $21.71 – $598.90

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