Hand X-ray 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.

$37.09 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $899.24 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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $37.09
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $37.09
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $37.09
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $37.09
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $37.43
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $37.43
United MGMCD $37.83
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $40.06
Molina Healthcare CHIP $41.17
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $41.17
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $41.17
Molina Healthcare STAR $41.17
Humana MCD $46.79
Cigna CSN $104.13
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $112.69
Superior Health Plan STARKids $119.90
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $119.90
Superior Health Plan CHIP $119.90
Superior Health Plan STAR $119.90
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $119.90
Cigna PPO $133.96
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
Aetna QHPExchange $167.09
BCBS BAV $177.98
United SmallGroup $182.03
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Aetna NBHMO $222.08
Aetna NBPOS $222.08
Aetna NBPPO $222.08
Aetna COMMPPO $236.24
Aetna COMMPOS $236.24
Aetna COMMHMO $236.24
BCBS HMO $271.35
Aetna OONPPO $277.77
Aetna OONHMO $277.77
Aetna OONPOS $277.77
Aetna ASAPPO $300.19
Aetna ASAHMO $300.19
Aetna ASAPOS $300.19
BCBS EPOSOA $300.88
BCBS PPO $330.41
United OptionsPPO $335.72
Humana PPO $402.96
Humana HMO $402.96
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $509.57
Evry Health BroadNetwork $545.54
BCBS Traditional $699.41
Coventry National First Health COMM $727.39
Curative Administrators COMM $799.33
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $799.33
United GlobalAppendix $899.24

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Hand X-ray at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $505.75 $37.09 – $1,445.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $505.75 $37.09 – $1,445.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $37.09 – $167.09
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $36.68 – $167.09
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $586.01 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $317.78 $37.43 – $397.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $390.52 $80.38 – $585.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $382.93 $37.43 – $478.67

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