X-ray skull > 4 views complete 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

$2,802.02

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.

$2,802.02

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.

$43.88 with Texas Health Network vs $2,521.82 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 $43.88 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $44.78 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $44.78 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $44.78 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $44.78 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $44.78 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $44.78 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $44.78 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $44.78 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $45.68 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $48.36 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $49.26 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $49.26 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $49.26 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $49.26 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $55.98 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $113.85 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $123.22 ↓ -96%
Cigna PPO $146.47 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $168.12 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $168.12 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $168.12 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $168.12 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $168.12 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $186.98 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -91%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPOS $248.52 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBHMO $248.52 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPPO $248.52 ↓ -91%
BCBS BAV $249.94 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMHMO $264.36 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPPO $264.36 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPOS $264.36 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPOS $310.85 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONPPO $310.85 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONHMO $310.85 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPPO $335.94 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAHMO $335.94 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAPOS $335.94 ↓ -88%
BCBS HMO $381.07 ↓ -86%
BCBS EPOSOA $409.09 ↓ -85%
BCBS PPO $437.11 ↓ -84%
Humana HMO $489.99 ↓ -83%
Humana PPO $489.99 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $493.16 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $566.01 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $672.48 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $714.52 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $764.95 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $980.71 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $980.71 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,120.81 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,120.81 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,204.87 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,260.91 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $1,260.91 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,260.91 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,401.01 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,493.48 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,541.11 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,541.11 ↓ -45%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $1,681.21 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,681.21 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,681.21 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,681.21 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,681.21 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,821.31 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $2,101.51 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,241.62 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $2,241.62 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,297.66 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,381.72 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,381.72 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,521.82 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,521.82 ↓ -10%

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $350.76 $44.78 – $438.45
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