X-ray bone age studies 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

$1,040.75

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.

$1,040.75

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.

$25.54 with Texas Health Network vs $936.67 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
Texas Health Network MCD $25.54 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $26.06 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $26.06 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $26.06 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $26.06 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $26.06 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $26.06 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $26.06 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $26.06 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $26.58 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $28.14 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $28.67 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $28.67 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $28.67 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $28.67 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $32.57 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $61.64 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $62.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $62.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $62.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $62.45 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $62.45 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $66.71 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $79.30 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $101.31 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPOS $134.66 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPPO $134.66 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBHMO $134.66 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPOS $143.24 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMPPO $143.24 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMHMO $143.24 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONHMO $168.43 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONPOS $168.43 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONPPO $168.43 ↓ -84%
Aetna ASAHMO $182.02 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPOS $182.02 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPPO $182.02 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $183.17 ↓ -82%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26 ↓ -81%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $210.23 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $235.15 ↓ -77%
Humana PPO $235.15 ↓ -77%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -76%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -76%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $249.78 ↓ -76%
BCBS BAV $249.94 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $265.39 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $284.12 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $364.26 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $364.26 ↓ -65%
BCBS HMO $381.07 ↓ -63%
BCBS EPOSOA $409.09 ↓ -61%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $416.30 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $416.30 ↓ -60%
BCBS PPO $437.11 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $447.52 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $468.34 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $468.34 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $468.34 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $520.38 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $554.72 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $572.41 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $572.41 ↓ -45%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $624.45 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $624.45 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $624.45 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $624.45 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $624.45 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $676.49 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $780.56 ↓ -25%
Beech Street COMMPPO $832.60 ↓ -20%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $832.60 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $853.41 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $884.64 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $884.64 ↓ -15%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $936.67 ↓ -10%
Affiliated PPO COMM $936.67 ↓ -10%

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X-ray bone age studies at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $163.49 $24.76 – $350.33
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $175.04 $26.06 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $273.56 $56.31 – $410.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $292.97 $26.06 – $366.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $175.04 $26.06 – $272.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $273.56 $27.88 – $410.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $273.56 $26.06 – $410.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $292.97 $26.06 – $439.46

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