Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping 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.

$52.28 with BCBS vs $709.69 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $52.28
BCBS BAV $57.64
BCBS HMO $72.16
BCBS EPOSOA $73.50
BCBS PPO $74.84
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $94.63
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $94.63
Superior Health Plan STARKids $94.63
Superior Health Plan STAR $94.63
Superior Health Plan CHIP $94.63
Aetna MCR $104.56
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $205.02
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $205.02
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $205.02
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $205.02
Humana PPO $210.48
Humana HMO $210.48
Cigna CSN $233.41
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $252.33
United OptionsPPO $264.95
Cigna PPO $299.65
Oscar HIX $307.53
Aetna QHPExchange $353.27
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $402.16
Molina Healthcare HIX $425.81
Evry Health BroadNetwork $430.55
Aetna NBPPO $430.55
Aetna NBPOS $430.55
Aetna NBHMO $430.55
Aetna COMMPOS $455.78
Aetna COMMHMO $455.78
Aetna COMMPPO $455.78
CHC Harris Health Indigent $473.13
Aetna OONPOS $537.79
Aetna OONHMO $537.79
Aetna OONPPO $537.79
BCBS Traditional $551.98
Coventry National First Health COMM $574.06
Aetna ASAPPO $580.37
Aetna ASAPOS $580.37
Aetna ASAHMO $580.37
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $630.84
Curative Administrators COMM $630.84
United GlobalAppendix $709.69

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Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $2,014.65 $52.28 – $210.48
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $316.05 $26.36 – $903.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $2,000.00 $52.28 – $210.48
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $316.05 $32.62 – $903.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $649.89 $86.01 – $86.01
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $702.59 $68.58 – $995.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $640.45 $67.47 – $960.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $745.70 $67.47 – $932.13

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