Fluoroguide for spine inject 77003-26 at HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL
5003 CYPRESS CREEK PKWY, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1750819025
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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.
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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.
$121.14 with BCBS vs $3,135.15 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.
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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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $121.14 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $153.49 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $234.02 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $259.49 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $284.96 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $418.02 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $418.02 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $418.02 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $418.02 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $418.02 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $459.85 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $461.91 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $611.18 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $611.18 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $611.18 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $650.15 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $650.15 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $650.15 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $764.46 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $764.46 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $764.46 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $826.16 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $826.16 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $826.16 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $905.71 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $905.71 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $905.71 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $905.71 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $1,031.12 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $1,114.72 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $1,129.76 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $1,129.76 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $1,170.46 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $1,323.73 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $1,776.59 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $1,881.09 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $1,901.99 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $2,090.10 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $2,438.45 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $2,535.99 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,786.80 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $2,786.80 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $3,135.15 | — |
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Fluoroguide for spine inject 77003-26 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $803.95 | $79.09 – $2,297.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $803.95 | $97.05 – $2,297.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $121.14 – $1,129.76 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $121.14 – $1,129.76 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $766.31 | $137.66 – $1,085.60 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $644.75 | $132.71 – $967.13 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $739.84 | $147.97 – $924.79 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $766.31 | $157.62 – $1,085.60 |