Doppler echo complete 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.
$83.49 with BCBS vs $677.77 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.
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 | $83.49 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $90.37 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $90.37 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $90.37 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $90.37 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $90.37 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $92.05 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $99.86 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $115.25 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $117.39 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $119.53 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $195.80 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $195.80 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $195.80 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $195.80 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $222.91 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $240.98 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $253.03 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $286.17 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $293.70 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $335.45 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $335.45 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $337.38 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $384.07 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $406.66 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $411.18 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $411.18 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $411.18 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $411.18 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $435.28 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $435.28 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $435.28 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $451.85 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $513.60 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $513.60 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $513.60 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $527.15 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $548.24 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $554.26 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $554.26 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $554.26 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $602.46 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $602.46 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $677.77 | — |
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Doppler echo complete at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $2,733.21 | $83.49 – $335.45 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $687.05 | $42.10 – $1,963.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $2,500.00 | $83.49 – $335.45 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $687.05 | $52.09 – $1,963.00 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $943.47 | $137.37 – $137.37 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $938.80 | $109.54 – $1,329.96 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $823.00 | $107.75 – $1,234.49 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $823.00 | $107.75 – $1,028.74 |