Doppler intravascular pressure flow initial vessel 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

$7,693.12

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.

$7,693.12

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.

$461.59 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,461.90 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
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $461.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $461.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $461.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $461.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $461.59 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $510.05 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,000.11 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,000.11 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,000.11 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,000.11 ↓ -87%
United SmallGroup $1,120.00 ↓ -85%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,253.98 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $1,292.44 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $1,384.76 ↓ -82%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,600.00 ↓ -79%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00 ↓ -78%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,702.00 ↓ -78%
BCBS HMO $1,730.95 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,769.42 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $1,800.19 ↓ -77%
Humana HMO $1,943.32 ↓ -75%
Humana PPO $1,943.32 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,961.75 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $2,077.14 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,100.22 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $2,307.94 ↓ -70%
Oscar HIX $2,358.00 ↓ -69%
BCBS Traditional $2,692.59 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,800.30 ↓ -64%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3,077.25 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $3,461.90 ↓ -55%

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Doppler intravascular pressure flow initial vessel at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $12,605.00 $1,943.32 – $1,943.32
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,577.80 $0.02 – $4,508.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $2,898.00 $1,943.32 – $1,943.32
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,577.80 $100.00 – $4,508.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,563.60 $1,009.69 – $5,048.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,026.62 $622.98 – $4,539.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,725.18 $745.04 – $4,656.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,563.60 $950.29 – $5,048.44

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