Facial Bones X-ray (1 to 2 views) at HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL

5003 CYPRESS CREEK PKWY, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1750819025

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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.

$32.08 with Amerigroup vs $2,390.20 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.

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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
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $32.08 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $32.08 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $32.41 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $32.41 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $32.41 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $32.41 —
United MGMCD $33.06 —
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $35.00 —
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $35.29 —
Molina Healthcare STAR $35.29 —
Molina Healthcare CHIP $35.29 —
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $35.29 —
Humana MCD $40.10 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $48.12 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $48.12 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $48.12 —
Cigna CSN $82.30 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $89.07 —
Cigna PPO $105.88 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71 —
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $168.72 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $168.72 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $168.72 —
Superior Health Plan STAR $168.72 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $168.72 —
BCBS BAV $177.98 —
United SmallGroup $182.03 —
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 —
Aetna NBPOS $185.09 —
Aetna NBHMO $185.09 —
Aetna NBPPO $185.09 —
Aetna COMMHMO $196.94 —
Aetna COMMPPO $196.94 —
Aetna COMMPOS $196.94 —
Aetna OONPPO $231.55 —
Aetna OONHMO $231.55 —
Aetna OONPOS $231.55 —
Aetna ASAHMO $250.36 —
Aetna ASAPPO $250.36 —
Aetna ASAPOS $250.36 —
BCBS HMO $271.35 —
BCBS EPOSOA $300.88 —
BCBS PPO $330.41 —
United OptionsPPO $472.42 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $717.06 —
Evry Health BroadNetwork $767.68 —
Humana HMO $931.62 —
Humana PPO $931.62 —
BCBS Traditional $984.20 —
Coventry National First Health COMM $995.45 —
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,124.80 —
Curative Administrators COMM $1,124.80 —
United GlobalAppendix $1,265.40 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,109.00 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,390.20 —

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Facial Bones X-ray (1 to 2 views) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $112.35 $32.08 – $321.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $112.35 $25.68 – $321.00
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $484.50 $86.17 – $170.47
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $304.00 $87.42 – $349.69
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $484.50 $86.17 – $349.69
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $32.08 – $185.09
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $601.90 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $121.12 $32.08 – $225.11

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