Fetal biophys profile w/nst 76818 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.

$104.75 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $2,071.85 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 $104.75
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $104.75
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $106.88
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $106.88
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $106.88
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $106.88
United MGMCD $109.02
Molina Healthcare CHIP $115.23
Molina Healthcare STAR $115.23
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $115.23
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $115.23
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $115.43
BCBS MyBlueHealth $120.51
Humana MCD $130.94
BCBS BAV $152.69
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00
BCBS HMO $232.80
United SmallGroup $245.18
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
BCBS EPOSOA $258.13
Superior Health Plan CHIP $276.25
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $276.25
Superior Health Plan STAR $276.25
Superior Health Plan STARKids $276.25
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $276.25
BCBS PPO $283.47
Aetna QHPExchange $383.88
Aetna NBPOS $510.21
Aetna NBPPO $510.21
Aetna NBHMO $510.21
Aetna COMMHMO $542.74
Aetna COMMPOS $542.74
Aetna COMMPPO $542.74
Aetna OONPOS $638.17
Aetna OONPPO $638.17
Aetna OONHMO $638.17
Aetna ASAHMO $689.68
Aetna ASAPOS $689.68
Aetna ASAPPO $689.68
United OptionsPPO $773.49
Humana PPO $1,222.13
Humana HMO $1,222.13
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,256.92
BCBS Traditional $1,611.43
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,675.89
Curative Administrators COMM $1,841.64
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,841.64
United GlobalAppendix $2,071.85

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Fetal biophys profile w/nst 76818 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $492.45 $82.16 – $1,407.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $492.45 $96.54 – $1,407.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $106.88 – $383.88
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $541.74 $99.77 – $677.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $541.74 $111.51 – $812.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $541.74 $99.77 – $677.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $541.74 $99.77 – $677.17
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $541.74 $99.77 – $812.61

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