Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD

5324 ATASCOCITA RD, HUMBLE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1811942238

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 14, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$2,349.13

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.

$2,349.13

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.

$38.09 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $2,114.22 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 $38.09 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $38.09 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $38.09 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $38.09 ↓ -98%
Texas Health Network MCD $38.31 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $38.85 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $39.09 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $39.09 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $39.09 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $39.09 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $41.14 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $43.00 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $43.00 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $43.00 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $43.00 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $48.86 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $53.91 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $68.30 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $104.13 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $104.14 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $108.12 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $111.80 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $112.69 ↓ -95%
Cigna PPO $133.96 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $140.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $140.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $140.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $140.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $140.95 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $163.05 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPPO $216.71 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPOS $216.71 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBHMO $216.71 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPPO $230.53 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMHMO $230.53 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPOS $230.53 ↓ -90%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONHMO $271.06 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONPOS $271.06 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONPPO $271.06 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAPPO $292.94 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAPOS $292.94 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAHMO $292.94 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $389.96 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $394.65 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $558.26 ↓ -76%
Humana PPO $558.26 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $599.03 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $641.31 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $822.20 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $822.20 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $822.20 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $939.65 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $939.65 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,010.13 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $1,057.11 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,057.11 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,057.11 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,252.09 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,292.02 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,292.02 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,409.48 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,409.48 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,409.48 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,526.93 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,761.85 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,926.29 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,996.76 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,996.76 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,996.76 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,996.76 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,114.22 ↓ -10%

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Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $567.84 $117.93 – $117.93
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $381.19 $39.09 – $476.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $398.56 $82.04 – $597.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $370.36 $39.09 – $462.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $381.19 $39.09 – $476.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $398.56 $41.83 – $597.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $398.56 $39.09 – $597.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $370.36 $39.09 – $555.53

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