Dxa bone density axl vrt fx at HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE

225 E PARKWOOD AVE, FRIENDSWOOD, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1063466035

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$2,568.33

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.

$2,568.33

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.

$51.79 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $2,311.50 with Affiliated PPO — 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $51.79 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $51.79 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $51.79 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $51.79 ↓ -98%
Texas Health Network MCD $52.39 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $52.83 ↓ -98%
UTMB MGMCD $53.46 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $53.46 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $53.46 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $53.46 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $53.46 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $55.93 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $58.81 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $58.81 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $58.81 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $58.81 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $66.83 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $135.68 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $146.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $154.10 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $154.10 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $154.10 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $154.10 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $154.10 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $174.55 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $212.95 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $214.88 ↓ -92%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPPO $285.59 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBHMO $285.59 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBPOS $285.59 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPOS $303.80 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMPPO $303.80 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMHMO $303.80 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONHMO $357.22 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONPOS $357.22 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONPPO $357.22 ↓ -86%
BCBS HMO $381.07 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAPOS $386.05 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAHMO $386.05 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAPPO $386.05 ↓ -85%
BCBS EPOSOA $395.64 ↓ -85%
BCBS PPO $409.09 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $426.34 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $452.03 ↓ -82%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $616.40 ↓ -76%
IPA Management Services COMM $642.08 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $654.92 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $701.15 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $732.14 ↓ -71%
Humana PPO $732.14 ↓ -71%
BCBS Traditional $898.92 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $898.92 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $898.92 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,027.33 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,027.33 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,104.38 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $1,155.75 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $1,155.75 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,155.75 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,284.16 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,368.92 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,412.58 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,412.58 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,541.00 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,541.00 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,541.00 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,541.00 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,669.41 ↓ -35%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,054.66 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $2,054.66 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,106.03 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,183.08 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,183.08 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,311.50 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,311.50 ↓ -10%

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