Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited 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

$1,769.43

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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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$1,769.43

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.

$98.24 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $796.24 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 CHIP $98.24 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $98.24 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $98.56 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $98.56 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $98.56 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $98.56 ↓ -94%
United MGMCD $100.53 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $106.17 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $106.17 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $106.17 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $106.17 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $106.17 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $106.44 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $108.06 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $108.06 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $108.06 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STAR $108.06 ↓ -94%
Humana MCD $122.80 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $172.88 ↓ -90%
BCBS BAV $190.61 ↓ -89%
BCBS HMO $238.63 ↓ -87%
BCBS EPOSOA $243.07 ↓ -86%
BCBS PPO $247.50 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $261.88 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $283.11 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $297.26 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $336.19 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $345.04 ↓ -80%
Aetna QHPExchange $396.35 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $451.20 ↓ -75%
Aetna NBHMO $483.05 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $483.05 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $483.05 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $483.05 ↓ -73%
Aetna COMMPOS $511.37 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMHMO $511.37 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPPO $511.37 ↓ -71%
Aetna OONPOS $603.38 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONPPO $603.38 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONHMO $603.38 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $619.30 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $644.07 ↓ -64%
Aetna ASAPPO $651.15 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPOS $651.15 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAHMO $651.15 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $707.77 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $707.77 ↓ -60%
Humana HMO $746.08 ↓ -58%
Humana PPO $746.08 ↓ -58%
United GlobalAppendix $796.24 ↓ -55%

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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $462.00 $87.18 – $1,320.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $462.00 $98.24 – $1,320.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $98.56 – $172.88
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $96.28 – $172.88
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $974.85 $284.44 – $284.44
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $838.44 $97.56 – $1,048.05
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $838.44 $172.58 – $1,257.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $838.44 $97.56 – $1,048.05

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