Car seat/bed test 60 minutes at HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL
5003 CYPRESS CREEK PKWY, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1750819025
$386.13
Cash price 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.
$386.13
Gross charge 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.
$23.17 with Superior Health Plan vs $495.67 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $23.17 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $23.17 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $23.17 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $23.17 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $23.17 | ↓ -94% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $50.20 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $50.20 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $50.20 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $50.20 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | CSN | $57.15 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $61.78 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $64.87 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | PPO | $73.36 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $75.30 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $78.23 | ↓ -80% |
| BCBS | BAV | $86.25 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $86.49 | ↓ -78% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $98.46 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $105.41 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $105.41 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $105.41 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $105.41 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | HMO | $107.98 | ↓ -72% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $109.98 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $111.59 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $111.59 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $111.59 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | PPO | $111.99 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $131.67 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $131.67 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $131.67 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $135.15 | ↓ -65% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $140.55 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $142.10 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $142.10 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $142.10 | ↓ -63% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $154.45 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $154.45 | ↓ -60% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $173.76 | ↓ -55% |
| Humana | HMO | $495.67 | ↑ +28% |
| Humana | PPO | $495.67 | ↑ +28% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Car seat/bed test 60 minutes at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $141.75 | $39.45 – $405.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $141.75 | $48.81 – $405.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $78.23 – $495.67 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $78.23 – $495.67 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $237.16 | $35.64 – $296.44 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $185.68 | $38.22 – $278.52 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $180.79 | $35.64 – $225.99 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $237.16 | $35.64 – $296.44 |