Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report 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

$7,493.10

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.

$7,493.10

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.

$235.90 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $3,371.89 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 MEDICAID $235.90 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $235.90 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $241.58 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $241.58 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $241.58 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $241.58 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $246.41 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $259.49 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $259.49 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $259.49 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $259.49 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $260.91 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $294.88 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $325.52 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $358.90 ↓ -95%
BCBS HMO $449.33 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $449.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $449.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $449.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $449.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $449.59 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $457.67 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $466.02 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $1,108.98 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,198.90 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $1,258.84 ↓ -83%
Humana PPO $1,288.31 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $1,288.31 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $1,423.69 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $1,461.15 ↓ -81%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,678.45 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,910.74 ↓ -75%
Aetna NBPOS $2,045.62 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,045.62 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBHMO $2,045.62 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $2,045.62 ↓ -73%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,165.51 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,165.51 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,165.51 ↓ -71%
Aetna OONHMO $2,555.15 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONPPO $2,555.15 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONPOS $2,555.15 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $2,622.59 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,727.49 ↓ -64%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,757.46 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,757.46 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,757.46 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,997.24 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,997.24 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $3,371.89 ↓ -55%

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Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $3,379.24 $241.58 – $325.52
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,565.20 $100.00 – $4,472.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $11,008.00 $231.18 – $325.52
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,565.20 $100.00 – $4,472.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $6,224.83 $535.57 – $535.57
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,798.47 $232.89 – $3,498.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,872.38 $420.11 – $4,308.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,974.04 $232.89 – $3,717.55

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