CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with and without contrast) 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

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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.

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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.

$350.18 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $15,845.39 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 CHIP $350.18
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $350.18
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $356.19
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $356.19
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $356.19
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $356.19
United MGMCD $363.31
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $384.69
Molina Healthcare CHIP $385.20
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $385.20
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $385.20
Molina Healthcare STAR $385.20
Humana MCD $437.73
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $699.43
Aetna QHPExchange $725.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $820.98
United AllPayerAppendix $828.27
United SmallGroup $828.27
BCBS BAV $946.99
Aetna NBHMO $963.00
Aetna NBPOS $963.00
Aetna NBPPO $963.00
Aetna COMMPPO $1,024.00
Aetna COMMHMO $1,024.00
Aetna COMMPOS $1,024.00
Aetna OONPOS $1,203.00
Aetna OONPPO $1,203.00
Aetna OONHMO $1,203.00
Aetna ASAPPO $1,301.00
Aetna ASAHMO $1,301.00
Aetna ASAPOS $1,301.00
BCBS HMO $1,439.57
BCBS EPOSOA $1,577.04
Cigna CSN $1,635.00
BCBS PPO $1,710.69
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,771.00
Cigna PPO $2,106.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2,112.72
Superior Health Plan STAR $2,112.72
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2,112.72
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2,112.72
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2,112.72
Humana HMO $4,434.40
Humana PPO $4,434.40
United OptionsPPO $5,915.61
BCBS Traditional $12,324.19
Coventry National First Health COMM $12,817.16
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $14,084.79
United GlobalAppendix $15,845.39

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CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with and without contrast) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $7,343.00 $350.18 – $20,980.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $7,343.00 $350.18 – $20,980.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $356.19 – $820.98
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $343.18 – $763.70
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $8,083.29 $1,779.42 – $1,779.42
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $4,172.12 $332.94 – $5,215.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,788.88 $494.01 – $5,683.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $4,135.82 $332.94 – $5,169.78

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