Design mlc device for imrt at HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL
5003 CYPRESS CREEK PKWY, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1750819025
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Cash price 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 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.
$511.78 with BCBS vs $5,151.26 with Humana — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $511.78 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $564.91 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $838.98 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $838.98 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $838.98 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,231.28 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,636.49 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,636.49 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,636.49 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,740.84 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,740.84 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,740.84 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $2,046.92 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $2,046.92 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $2,046.92 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $2,212.14 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $2,212.14 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $2,212.14 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $5,151.26 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $5,151.26 | — |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $7,167.30 | $335.59 – $20,478.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $1,630.00 | $511.78 – $5,151.26 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $7,167.30 | $408.30 – $20,478.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $511.78 – $5,151.26 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,980.92 | $357.33 – $2,476.16 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,981.28 | $407.81 – $2,971.93 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,677.86 | $335.57 – $2,097.33 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,980.92 | $268.47 – $2,476.16 |