X-ray surgical specimen at HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST
6002 FAIRMONT PKWY, PASADENA, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1174576698
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Cash price 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 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.
$41.92 with Texas Health Network vs $1,878.16 with BCBS — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Texas Health Network | MCD | $41.92 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $42.10 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $42.10 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $42.10 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $42.10 | — |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $42.78 | — |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $42.78 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $42.78 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $42.78 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $42.94 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $45.47 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $47.06 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $47.06 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $47.06 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $47.06 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $53.48 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $69.15 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $69.15 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $69.15 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $69.15 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $69.15 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $98.06 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $106.12 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $126.15 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $151.09 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $154.38 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $154.38 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $200.81 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $200.81 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $200.81 | — |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $202.84 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $213.61 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $213.61 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $213.61 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $232.81 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $251.17 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $251.17 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $251.17 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $271.44 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $271.44 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $271.44 | — |
| Texas Workforce Commission | WCOMP | $276.60 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $293.89 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $314.64 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $403.38 | — |
| Imagine Health | PPO | $403.38 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $461.01 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $461.01 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $495.58 | — |
| Averde Health | Commercial | $518.63 | — |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $518.63 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $518.63 | — |
| Multiplan | SAVILITYNETWORK | $576.26 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $614.29 | — |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $633.89 | — |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $633.89 | — |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $691.51 | — |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $691.51 | — |
| Prime Health Services | WORKERSCOMP | $691.51 | — |
| Beech Street | WCOMP | $691.51 | — |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $691.51 | — |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $749.14 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $847.58 | — |
| Fiesta Mart, Inc | COMM | $864.39 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $917.49 | — |
| Beech Street | COMMPPO | $922.02 | — |
| Cigna Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $922.02 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $945.07 | — |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $979.64 | — |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $979.64 | — |
| Multiplan | COMPLEMENTARYPPO | $1,037.27 | — |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $1,037.27 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $1,073.92 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,086.50 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,086.50 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,637.37 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,757.77 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,878.16 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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X-ray surgical specimen at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $580.30 | $40.64 – $1,243.50 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $458.88 | $42.78 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $638.62 | $131.45 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $565.09 | $42.78 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $458.88 | $42.78 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $638.62 | $45.77 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $638.62 | $42.78 – $1,366.64 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $565.09 | $42.78 – $1,366.64 |