HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast

4000 Spencer Hwy, Pasadena, TX 77504

1,031,268 price items Updated: 2026-03-01

About HCA Southeast

HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast is located at 4000 Spencer Highway in Pasadena, Texas. The hospital is part of the HCA Healthcare system.

The hospital publishes pricing data for 1,031,268 items, making it one of 33 hospitals tracked in the Houston metro area. The file contains 3,465 payer rate entries across 17 procedures with published prices. The pricing data shows no cash discounts, with gross charges and cash prices identical for all listed procedures. Several common procedures including total knee replacement, screening colonoscopy, and complete blood count show $0 pricing in both gross and cash categories, while imaging procedures like CT scans range from $10,868 for brain MRI to $32,618 for contrast-enhanced abdominal CT.

About This Data

HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast publishes this pricing data as required by the CMS Price Transparency Rule (45 CFR § 180). The hospital's machine-readable file is published in JSON format and includes gross charges, cash/self-pay discounts, and payer-specific negotiated rates.

We are not affiliated with HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast. This page presents publicly available pricing data published by the hospital in compliance with federal regulations.

File last updated: 2026-03-01. Accessed by us: 2026-04-13. We check for changes weekly.

If you believe any information is incorrect, please contact us. We'll review it against the source file within 5 business days.

Data quality note: HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast publishes cash prices that match their gross charges, meaning no separate self-pay discount appears in their transparency file. The insured rates shown below are negotiated rates between the hospital and specific insurance plans. Uninsured patients may be able to negotiate lower rates by contacting the hospital's financial assistance department directly.

Published Prices by Procedure

Echocardiogram

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
Transthoracic Echocardiogram with Doppler (93306)	$13,277.63	$13,277.63	$300	$11,949.87

Colonoscopy

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
Screening Colonoscopy (45378)	—	N/A	$344.93	$11,500
Colonoscopy with Biopsy (45380)	—	N/A	$420.67	$536.58

ER Visit

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
ER Visit Level 3 (Moderate) (99283)	$5,367.34	$5,367.34	$944.65	$4,830.61
ER Visit Level 4 (High/Urgent) (99284)	$6,769.77	$6,769.77	$947.77	$6,092.79
ER Visit Level 5 (Critical) (99285)	$8,457.25	$8,457.25	$1,184.02	$7,611.52

MRI

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
MRI Brain Without Contrast (70551)	$10,868.21	$10,868.21	$652.09	$9,781.39
MRI Lumbar Spine Without Contrast (72148)	$17,958.7	$17,958.7	$1,077.52	$16,162.83

Chest X-ray

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
Chest X-ray, 2 Views (71046)	$2,199.31	$2,199.31	$131.96	$1,979.38

CT Scan

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
CT Abdomen and Pelvis without Contrast (74176)	$30,027.19	$30,027.19	$1,801.63	$27,024.47
CT Abdomen and Pelvis with Contrast (74177)	$32,617.61	$32,617.61	$1,957.06	$29,355.85

Ultrasound

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
Abdominal Ultrasound, Complete (76700)	$3,588.08	$3,588.08	$215.28	$3,229.27
Pelvic Ultrasound, Complete (76856)	$3,192.21	$3,192.21	$191.53	$2,872.99

Lab Work

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP) (80053)	$2,865.74	$2,865.74	$171.94	$2,579.17
Complete Blood Count (CBC) with Differential (85025)	—	N/A	$32.04	$41.29

C-Section

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
Cesarean Delivery (59510)	—	N/A	$948	$28,395.93

Knee Replacement

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Procedure	Gross	Cash Price	Insured Low	Insured High
Total Knee Replacement (Arthroplasty) (27447)	—	N/A	$2,428	$48,316.88

Pricing Patterns at HCA Southeast

HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast shows a mixed pricing structure where some services have $0 gross and cash charges while others maintain standard rates. For imaging and diagnostic tests, cash prices match gross charges at full rates (such as MRI Brain at $10,868.21 and CT Abdomen/Pelvis at $30,027.19), while insured patients receive substantial discounts of 85-94% off gross charges. Notably, cash-paying patients pay significantly more than insured patients across most services, with some procedures like Total Knee Replacement showing insured rates as low as $2,428 compared to typical gross charges in the tens of thousands for similar procedures.

HCA Southeast vs Houston Hospitals

How HCA Southeast's cash prices compare to the median across hospitals in the Houston area with published prices for each procedure.

Procedure	HCA Southeast	Houston Median	Houston Range	vs Median
Echocardiogram 33 hospitals	$13,277.63	$2,651.25	$526.13–$19,964.77	401% above median
ER Visit 33 hospitals	$5,367.34	$962.15	$265.69–$5,367.34	458% above median
MRI 33 hospitals	$10,868.21	$1,647.8	$231.94–$26,483.22	560% above median
Chest X-ray 33 hospitals	$2,199.31	$572.25	$84.49–$2,728	284% above median
CT Scan 33 hospitals	$30,027.19	$5,658.8	$231.94–$32,859.53	431% above median
Ultrasound 33 hospitals	$3,192.21	$1,009.04	$102.04–$6,350.87	216% above median
Lab Work 33 hospitals	$2,865.74	$93.8	$10.56–$3,364	2955% above median

"Cash price" is each hospital's published self-pay/discounted rate. Median is calculated across Houston hospitals that publish a cash price for the same procedure. Multi-code procedures use each hospital's lowest valid price as its representative value.

Understanding the Columns

Gross Charge: The chargemaster price before any discounts. Rarely what patients pay. It is primarily a starting point for insurance negotiations.

Cash/Self-Pay: The discounted rate hospitals offer to uninsured patients. Ask about financial assistance programs for further reductions.

Insured Range: Lowest to highest negotiated rates across all payers. Medicare rates are typically lowest; commercial plan rates highest.

About Facility Fees

Prices shown are facility fees only. You'll also receive separate bills from the physician performing the procedure.

Imaging procedures include a facility fee plus a radiologist's reading fee. Surgical procedures add surgeon, anesthesia, and pathology fees.

For a more complete estimate, contact the hospital's financial counselling office or your insurer to request a pre-service cost estimate that includes all expected professional fees.

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Data Source

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HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast

File updated: 2026-03-01 · Accessed by us: 2026-04-13

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