Ins/rpl ldless pm right vent w img & eval 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

$48,747.68

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.

$48,747.68

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.

$948.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $36,980.73 with BCBS — 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPExchange $2,156.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPOS $2,864.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBHMO $2,864.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPOS $3,044.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMHMO $3,044.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPPO $3,108.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $3,303.00 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $3,390.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPOS $3,582.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONHMO $3,582.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAHMO $3,870.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPOS $3,870.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPPO $3,886.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPPO $4,197.00 ↓ -91%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -90%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -90%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,841.00 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $6,337.20 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $6,337.20 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $6,337.20 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $6,337.20 ↓ -87%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $7,945.87 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $8,189.61 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $8,774.58 ↓ -82%
Cigna CSN $10,740.00 ↓ -78%
BCBS HMO $10,968.23 ↓ -77%
BCBS EPOSOA $11,211.97 ↓ -77%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $13,308.12 ↓ -73%
Cigna PPO $13,835.00 ↓ -72%
United SmallGroup $16,100.00 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $17,061.69 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $17,744.16 ↓ -64%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $19,499.07 ↓ -60%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $20,444.00 ↓ -58%
United GlobalAppendix $21,936.46 ↓ -55%
United AllPayerAppendix $23,000.00 ↓ -53%
BCBS PPO $36,980.73 ↓ -24%
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Ins/rpl ldless pm right vent w img & eval at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $66,779.56 $32,676.94 – $32,676.94
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $14,670.25 $4,610.65 – $41,915.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $66,882.00 $19,446.21 – $27,735.55
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $14,670.25 $3,353.20 – $41,915.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $29,327.76 $6,299.00 – $48,269.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $29,327.76 $6,036.63 – $48,269.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $26,661.60 $5,332.32 – $48,269.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $29,327.76 $7,820.74 – $48,269.91

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