Analysis complx cranial nerve pulse gen prgrmg 95977 at HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL

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

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

$420.16

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.

$420.16

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.

$25.21 with Superior Health Plan vs $189.07 with United — 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
Superior Health Plan STAR $25.21 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $25.21 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $25.21 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $25.21 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $25.21 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $54.62 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $54.62 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $54.62 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $54.62 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $62.18 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $67.23 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $70.59 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $79.83 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $81.93 ↓ -81%
Aetna QHPExchange $94.12 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $107.14 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $114.70 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBHMO $114.70 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $114.70 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $114.70 ↓ -73%
Aetna COMMHMO $121.43 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPPO $121.43 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPOS $121.43 ↓ -71%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $128.19 ↓ -69%
Humana PPO $134.07 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $134.07 ↓ -68%
BCBS BAV $141.33 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONHMO $143.27 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONPOS $143.27 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONPPO $143.27 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $147.06 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $152.94 ↓ -64%
Aetna ASAPPO $154.62 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPOS $154.62 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAHMO $154.62 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $168.06 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $168.06 ↓ -60%
BCBS HMO $176.94 ↓ -58%
BCBS EPOSOA $180.23 ↓ -57%
BCBS PPO $183.51 ↓ -56%
United GlobalAppendix $189.07 ↓ -55%

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