X-ray bone length 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

$2,505.96

Cash price

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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.

$2,505.96

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.

$44.53 with Texas Health Network vs $2,255.36 with Multiplan — 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 $44.53 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $45.11 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $45.11 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $45.11 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $45.11 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $45.44 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $45.44 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $45.44 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $45.44 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $46.01 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $48.72 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $49.98 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $49.98 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $49.98 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $49.98 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $56.80 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $116.27 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $125.83 ↓ -95%
Cigna PPO $149.57 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $150.36 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $150.36 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $150.36 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $150.36 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $150.36 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $190.95 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26 ↓ -92%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -92%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -90%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -90%
BCBS BAV $249.94 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPOS $253.79 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBHMO $253.79 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPPO $253.79 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPOS $269.97 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMHMO $269.97 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPPO $269.97 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONPPO $317.44 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPOS $317.44 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONHMO $317.44 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAHMO $343.06 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAPPO $343.06 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAPOS $343.06 ↓ -86%
Humana PPO $377.94 ↓ -85%
Humana HMO $377.94 ↓ -85%
BCBS HMO $381.07 ↓ -85%
BCBS EPOSOA $409.09 ↓ -84%
BCBS PPO $437.11 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $441.05 ↓ -82%
United OptionsPPO $506.20 ↓ -80%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $601.43 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $639.02 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $684.13 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $877.09 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $877.09 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,002.38 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,002.38 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,077.56 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,127.68 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $1,127.68 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,127.68 ↓ -55%
Multiplan SAVILITYNETWORK $1,252.98 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,335.68 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,378.28 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,378.28 ↓ -45%
Prime Health Services WORKERSCOMP $1,503.58 ↓ -40%
Beech Street WCOMP $1,503.58 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,503.58 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,503.58 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,503.58 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,628.87 ↓ -35%
Fiesta Mart, Inc COMM $1,879.47 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $2,004.77 ↓ -20%
Beech Street COMMPPO $2,004.77 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,054.89 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,130.07 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,130.07 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $2,255.36 ↓ -10%
Multiplan COMPLEMENTARYPPO $2,255.36 ↓ -10%

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X-ray bone length studies at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $679.13 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $312.91 $45.44 – $391.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $360.97 $74.30 – $541.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $361.81 $45.44 – $452.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $312.91 $45.44 – $391.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $360.97 $48.62 – $541.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $360.97 $45.44 – $541.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $361.81 $45.44 – $542.71

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