Kidney imag w/bld flow multi 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

$24,031.92

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.

$24,031.92

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.

$345.49 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $10,814.36 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 $345.49 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $345.49 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $361.20 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $361.20 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $361.20 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $361.20 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $368.42 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $380.04 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $380.04 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $380.04 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $380.04 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $390.10 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $431.86 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $549.30 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $695.98 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $929.86 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $1,061.14 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $1,101.15 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,176.62 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $1,292.09 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1,441.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,441.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,441.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $1,441.92 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,441.92 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,697.71 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBHMO $2,256.42 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPOS $2,256.42 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPPO $2,256.42 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,400.30 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,400.30 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,400.30 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPOS $2,822.33 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONHMO $2,822.33 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONPPO $2,822.33 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAPPO $3,050.13 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAHMO $3,050.13 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAPOS $3,050.13 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $4,037.36 ↓ -83%
Humana PPO $5,463.88 ↓ -77%
Humana HMO $5,463.88 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $6,128.14 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $6,560.71 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $8,411.17 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $8,747.62 ↓ -64%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $9,612.77 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $9,612.77 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $10,814.36 ↓ -55%

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Kidney imag w/bld flow multi at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,572.15 $345.49 – $7,349.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $2,572.15 $345.49 – $7,349.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $338.58 – $1,697.71
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,193.73 $332.13 – $1,492.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,293.28 $266.20 – $1,939.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,319.61 $332.13 – $1,649.51
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,193.73 $332.13 – $1,492.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,293.28 $355.38 – $1,939.91

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