CT limited or localized follow-up study 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

$3,825.14

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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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$3,825.14

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.

$86.58 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $2,106.00 with Cigna — 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 CHIP $86.58 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $86.58 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $86.88 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $86.88 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $86.88 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $86.88 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $88.62 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $93.83 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $95.24 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $95.24 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $95.24 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $95.24 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $108.22 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $177.98 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $182.03 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $229.51 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $229.51 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $229.51 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $229.51 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $229.51 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $271.35 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $300.88 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $330.41 ↓ -91%
United OptionsPPO $642.62 ↓ -83%
Aetna QHPExchange $725.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna NBHMO $963.00 ↓ -75%
Aetna NBPOS $963.00 ↓ -75%
Aetna NBPPO $963.00 ↓ -75%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,024.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,024.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,024.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna OONPOS $1,203.00 ↓ -69%
Aetna OONPPO $1,203.00 ↓ -69%
Aetna OONHMO $1,203.00 ↓ -69%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,301.00 ↓ -66%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,301.00 ↓ -66%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,301.00 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $1,338.80 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,392.35 ↓ -64%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,530.06 ↓ -60%
Cigna CSN $1,635.00 ↓ -57%
Humana PPO $1,688.94 ↓ -56%
Humana HMO $1,688.94 ↓ -56%
United GlobalAppendix $1,721.31 ↓ -55%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,771.00 ↓ -54%
Cigna PPO $2,106.00 ↓ -45%

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CT limited or localized follow-up study at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $562.80 $86.58 – $1,608.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $562.80 $86.58 – $1,608.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $84.85 – $140.47
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $742.44 $83.05 – $1,841.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $769.75 $116.73 – $2,062.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $769.75 $83.05 – $2,062.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $742.44 $83.05 – $2,062.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $769.75 $83.05 – $2,062.00

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