Chromo high res and frag x - sendout 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

$2,685.02

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.

$2,685.02

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.

$47.91 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,208.26 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 CHIP $47.91 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $47.91 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $47.91 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $47.91 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $47.91 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $47.91 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $48.87 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $51.74 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $52.70 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $52.70 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $52.70 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $52.70 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $55.90 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $57.04 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $57.04 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $57.04 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $57.04 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $57.04 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $57.04 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $57.04 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $57.04 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $57.04 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $57.04 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $57.04 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $57.04 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $57.04 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $57.04 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $57.04 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $57.33 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $57.52 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $57.61 ↓ -98%
United MCR $58.18 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $58.75 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $58.75 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $58.75 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $58.75 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $58.75 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $58.75 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $59.89 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $59.89 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $59.89 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $59.89 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $59.89 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $59.89 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $59.89 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $59.89 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $59.89 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $59.89 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $60.46 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $60.46 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $60.46 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $60.46 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $60.46 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $62.17 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $74.15 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $82.71 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice HIX $82.71 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $88.41 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $88.41 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $115.22 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $122.64 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $127.20 ↓ -95%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $138.60 ↓ -95%
BCBS HMO $159.14 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $161.10 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $161.10 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $161.10 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $161.10 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $161.10 ↓ -94%
Oscar HIX $164.85 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $170.55 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $181.96 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPExchange $208.95 ↓ -92%
Cigna CSN $234.17 ↓ -91%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $253.64 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPOS $277.87 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBHMO $277.87 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPPO $277.87 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPPO $295.21 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMHMO $295.21 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPOS $295.21 ↓ -89%
Cigna PPO $301.77 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONPOS $346.80 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPPO $346.80 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONHMO $346.80 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAPPO $374.98 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAHMO $374.98 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAPOS $374.98 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $451.08 ↓ -83%
Humana PPO $617.17 ↓ -77%
Humana HMO $617.17 ↓ -77%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $733.01 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $939.76 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $977.35 ↓ -64%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,074.01 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $1,208.26 ↓ -55%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Chromo high res and frag x - sendout at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $47.91 – $234.17
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $46.95 – $234.17
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $572.26 $10.00 – $715.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $722.80 $12.00 – $1,084.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $648.94 $12.00 – $811.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $572.26 $10.00 – $715.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $722.80 $12.00 – $1,084.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $722.80 $8.00 – $1,084.19

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