Abdominal and Pelvic Blood Vessel Ultrasound (limited) at HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL

5003 CYPRESS CREEK PKWY, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1750819025

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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.

$106.88 with Amerigroup vs $566.14 with Cigna — 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
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $106.88 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $106.88 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $108.97 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $108.97 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $108.97 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $108.97 —
United MGMCD $111.15 —
Molina Healthcare CHIP $117.57 —
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $117.57 —
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $117.57 —
Molina Healthcare STAR $117.57 —
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $117.69 —
Humana MCD $133.60 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $263.11 —
BCBS BAV $290.10 —
BCBS HMO $363.18 —
BCBS EPOSOA $369.93 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $374.08 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $374.08 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $374.08 —
BCBS PPO $376.67 —
Cigna CSN $440.07 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $476.26 —
Cigna PPO $566.14 —

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Abdominal and Pelvic Blood Vessel Ultrasound (limited) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $597.45 $106.88 – $1,707.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $597.45 $106.88 – $1,707.00
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $1,223.50 $105.02 – $204.79
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $970.50 $105.02 – $420.09
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $1,223.50 $105.02 – $420.09
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $3,033.49 $106.88 – $440.07
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $104.74 – $440.07
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,891.69 $432.89 – $432.89

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