Bone Age X-ray (hand and wrist) 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.

$26.06 with Amerigroup vs $1,196.39 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
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $26.06 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $26.06 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $26.06 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $26.06 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $26.06 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $26.06 —
United MGMCD $26.58 —
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $28.14 —
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $28.67 —
Molina Healthcare CHIP $28.67 —
Molina Healthcare STAR $28.67 —
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $28.67 —
Humana MCD $32.57 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $39.09 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $39.09 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $39.09 —
Cigna CSN $61.64 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $66.71 —
Cigna PPO $79.30 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $84.45 —
Superior Health Plan STAR $84.45 —
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $84.45 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $84.45 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $84.45 —
Aetna NBHMO $140.81 —
Aetna NBPOS $140.81 —
Aetna NBPPO $140.81 —
Aetna COMMPOS $149.83 —
Aetna COMMPPO $149.83 —
Aetna COMMHMO $149.83 —
Aetna OONPOS $176.16 —
Aetna OONHMO $176.16 —
Aetna OONPPO $176.16 —
Aetna ASAPOS $190.47 —
Aetna ASAPPO $190.47 —
Aetna ASAHMO $190.47 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 —
United OptionsPPO $236.46 —
United SmallGroup $245.18 —
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 —
BCBS BAV $249.94 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $358.92 —
BCBS HMO $381.07 —
Evry Health BroadNetwork $384.25 —
BCBS EPOSOA $422.54 —
BCBS PPO $464.01 —
Humana PPO $466.31 —
Humana HMO $466.31 —
BCBS Traditional $492.63 —
Coventry National First Health COMM $498.26 —
Curative Administrators COMM $563.01 —
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $563.01 —
United GlobalAppendix $633.38 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,055.64 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,196.39 —

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Bone Age X-ray (hand and wrist) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $210.70 $26.06 – $602.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $2,416.00 $25.54 – $197.26
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $210.70 $26.06 – $602.00
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $374.50 $64.42 – $204.79
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $237.00 $68.02 – $420.09
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $374.50 $64.42 – $420.09
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $1,455.38 $26.06 – $197.26
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $175.04 $26.06 – $272.35

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