Chest apical lordotic proj 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

$2,039.54

Cash price

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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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$2,039.54

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.

$42.44 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $917.79 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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $42.44 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $42.44 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $42.44 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $42.44 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $42.44 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $42.44 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $43.29 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $45.84 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $46.68 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $46.68 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $46.68 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $46.68 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $53.05 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $106.54 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $115.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $122.37 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $122.37 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $122.37 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $122.37 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $122.37 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $137.06 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $175.02 ↓ -91%
BCBS BAV $177.98 ↓ -91%
United SmallGroup $182.03 ↓ -91%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBHMO $232.62 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBPOS $232.62 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBPPO $232.62 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPPO $247.45 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMPOS $247.45 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMHMO $247.45 ↓ -88%
BCBS HMO $271.35 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPPO $290.95 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONHMO $290.95 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONPOS $290.95 ↓ -86%
BCBS EPOSOA $300.88 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAPPO $314.44 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAHMO $314.44 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAPOS $314.44 ↓ -85%
BCBS PPO $330.41 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $342.64 ↓ -83%
Humana PPO $433.87 ↓ -79%
Humana HMO $433.87 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $520.08 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $556.79 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $713.84 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $742.39 ↓ -64%
Curative Administrators COMM $815.82 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $815.82 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $917.79 ↓ -55%

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Chest apical lordotic proj at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $721.00 $42.44 – $2,060.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $721.00 $42.44 – $2,060.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $42.44 – $175.02
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $41.59 – $175.02
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $274.10 $42.44 – $342.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $270.06 $55.59 – $405.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $264.55 $42.44 – $330.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $274.10 $42.44 – $342.62

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