Bone Density Scan (DEXA) 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

$1,563.40

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.

$1,563.40

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 $1,407.06 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 CHIP $38.09 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $38.09 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $38.09 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $38.09 ↓ -98%
Texas Health Network MCD $38.31 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $38.85 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $39.09 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $39.09 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $39.09 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $39.09 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $41.14 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $43.00 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $43.00 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $43.00 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $43.00 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $48.86 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $53.91 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $68.30 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $93.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $93.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $93.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $93.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $93.80 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $104.13 ↓ -93%
BCBS HMO $104.14 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $111.80 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $112.69 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $119.46 ↓ -92%
Cigna PPO $133.96 ↓ -91%
Aetna QHPExchange $163.05 ↓ -90%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPPO $216.71 ↓ -86%
Aetna NBPOS $216.71 ↓ -86%
Aetna NBHMO $216.71 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMHMO $230.53 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMMPPO $230.53 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMMPOS $230.53 ↓ -85%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -84%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONPOS $271.06 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPPO $271.06 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONHMO $271.06 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $275.16 ↓ -82%
Aetna ASAPOS $292.94 ↓ -81%
Aetna ASAPPO $292.94 ↓ -81%
Aetna ASAHMO $292.94 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $315.81 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $375.22 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $398.67 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $426.81 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $547.19 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $547.19 ↓ -65%
Humana PPO $558.26 ↓ -64%
Humana HMO $558.26 ↓ -64%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $625.36 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $625.36 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $672.26 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $703.53 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $703.53 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $703.53 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $781.70 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $833.29 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $859.87 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $859.87 ↓ -45%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $938.04 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $938.04 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $938.04 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $938.04 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $938.04 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,016.21 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $1,172.55 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $1,250.72 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $1,250.72 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,281.99 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,328.89 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,328.89 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $1,407.06 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,407.06 ↓ -10%

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Bone Density Scan (DEXA) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $405.30 $37.14 – $868.50
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

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