Fetal non stress test 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

$1,201.08

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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$1,201.08

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.

$10.15 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $1,702.00 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $10.15 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $10.15 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $15.78 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $15.78 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $16.93 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $17.36 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $17.36 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $17.36 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $17.36 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $17.67 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $17.67 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $17.67 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $17.67 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $19.72 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $19.92 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $37.85 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $41.79 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $52.28 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $56.03 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $59.78 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $72.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $72.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $72.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $72.06 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $72.06 ↓ -94%
United OptionsPPO $201.78 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $234.21 ↓ -81%
Aetna QHPExchange $269.04 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $306.28 ↓ -74%
Aetna NBHMO $327.89 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $327.89 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $327.89 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $327.89 ↓ -73%
Aetna COMMHMO $347.11 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPOS $347.11 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPPO $347.11 ↓ -71%
Humana PPO $383.26 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $383.26 ↓ -68%
Aetna OONHMO $409.57 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONPOS $409.57 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONPPO $409.57 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $420.38 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $437.19 ↓ -64%
Aetna ASAHMO $442.00 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPOS $442.00 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPPO $442.00 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $480.43 ↓ -60%
Cigna CSN $528.00 ↓ -56%
United GlobalAppendix $540.49 ↓ -55%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $572.00 ↓ -52%
Cigna PPO $680.00 ↓ -43%
United SmallGroup $1,120.00 ↓ -7%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,600.00 ↑ +33%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,702.00 ↑ +42%

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Fetal non stress test at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $481.25 $22.49 – $1,375.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $1,499.00 $15.46 – $204.11
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $481.25 $27.36 – $1,375.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $10.15 – $37.85
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $557.85 $15.78 – $697.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $567.54 $16.88 – $851.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $497.73 $15.78 – $622.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $557.85 $15.78 – $697.31

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