Dexa bone density study >=1 sites appendicular skeleton (peripheral) at HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND

11100 Shadow Creek Pkwy, Pearland, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1609275585

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

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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.

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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.

$31.41 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $303.42 with Humana — 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 CHIPPerinatal $31.41
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $31.41
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $31.41
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $31.41
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $31.74
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $31.74
United MGMCD $32.04
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $33.92
Molina Healthcare CHIP $34.91
Molina Healthcare STAR $34.91
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $34.91
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $34.91
Humana MCD $39.67
BCBS MyBlueHealth $41.24
BCBS BAV $52.25
Cigna CSN $78.64
BCBS HMO $79.66
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $85.11
BCBS EPOSOA $85.29
BCBS PPO $90.67
Cigna PPO $101.17
Aetna QHPExchange $125.25
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
Aetna NBHMO $166.46
Aetna NBPOS $166.46
Aetna NBPPO $166.46
Aetna COMMPPO $177.08
Aetna COMMPOS $177.08
Aetna COMMHMO $177.08
United SmallGroup $182.03
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Aetna OONPPO $208.21
Aetna OONHMO $208.21
Aetna OONPOS $208.21
Aetna ASAPOS $225.02
Aetna ASAPPO $225.02
Aetna ASAHMO $225.02
Humana HMO $303.42
Humana PPO $303.42

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Dexa bone density study >=1 sites appendicular skeleton (peripheral) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $220.43 $31.74 – $275.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $372.51 $76.67 – $558.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $235.55 $31.74 – $294.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $220.43 $31.74 – $275.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $372.51 $33.96 – $558.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $372.51 $31.74 – $558.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $235.55 $31.74 – $353.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $220.43 $31.74 – $275.54

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