CT hrt w/3d image 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

$24,752.70

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.

$24,752.70

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.

$175.06 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $11,138.72 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
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $175.06 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $175.06 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $180.34 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $180.34 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $180.34 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $180.34 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $183.95 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $192.57 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $192.57 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $192.57 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $192.57 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $194.77 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $218.82 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $320.32 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $339.25 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $401.74 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $405.86 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $618.80 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $686.14 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPExchange $725.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $753.48 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBHMO $963.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPOS $963.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPPO $963.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,024.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,024.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,024.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONPPO $1,203.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONHMO $1,203.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPOS $1,203.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,301.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,301.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,301.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $1,485.16 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,485.16 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,485.16 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,485.16 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1,485.16 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $1,635.00 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,771.00 ↓ -93%
Cigna PPO $2,106.00 ↓ -91%
Humana PPO $3,483.86 ↓ -86%
Humana HMO $3,483.86 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $4,158.45 ↓ -83%
BCBS Traditional $8,663.44 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $9,009.98 ↓ -64%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $9,901.08 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $11,138.72 ↓ -55%

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CT hrt w/3d image at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,075.20 $119.46 – $3,072.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,075.20 $175.06 – $3,072.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,876.48 $175.06 – $2,345.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,111.03 $236.02 – $3,166.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,876.48 $175.06 – $2,345.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,876.48 $175.06 – $2,345.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,111.03 $187.31 – $3,166.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,111.03 $175.06 – $3,166.55

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