EKG (Tracing Only) at HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL
5003 CYPRESS CREEK PKWY, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1750819025
$1,920.22
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.
$1,920.22
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.
$115.21 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,632.19 with Multiplan — 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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| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $115.21 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $115.21 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $115.21 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $115.21 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $115.21 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $128.72 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BAV | $141.93 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | HMO | $177.68 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $180.98 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | PPO | $184.28 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $249.63 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $249.63 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $249.63 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $249.63 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $268.83 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $268.83 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | CSN | $284.19 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $307.24 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $322.60 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | PPO | $364.84 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $374.44 | ↓ -81% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $489.66 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $506.94 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $506.94 | ↓ -74% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $506.94 | ↓ -74% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $524.22 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $537.66 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $537.66 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $537.66 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $633.67 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $633.67 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $633.67 | ↓ -67% |
| Humana | HMO | $636.17 | ↓ -67% |
| Humana | PPO | $636.17 | ↓ -67% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $672.08 | ↓ -65% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $679.76 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $683.60 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $683.60 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $683.60 | ↓ -64% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $768.09 | ↓ -60% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $768.09 | ↓ -60% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $864.10 | ↓ -55% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $1,440.16 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $1,632.19 | ↓ -15% |
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EKG (Tracing Only) at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $295.40 | $64.91 – $844.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $295.40 | $80.31 – $844.00 |
| Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | $790.50 | $59.26 – $115.56 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital | Houston | $290.50 | $59.26 – $237.04 |
| Houston Methodist West Hospital | Houston | $790.50 | $59.26 – $237.04 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $1,781.90 | $128.72 – $128.72 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $128.72 – $128.72 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $423.07 | $211.79 – $211.79 |