Liver/spleen imag w/vasclr flow 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

$6,395.90

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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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$6,395.90

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.

$126.98 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $2,878.16 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 $126.98 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $126.98 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $126.98 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $126.98 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $128.64 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $128.64 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $129.52 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $137.14 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $141.50 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $141.50 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $141.50 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $141.50 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $160.80 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $183.94 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $233.06 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $355.33 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $383.75 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $383.75 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $383.75 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $383.75 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $383.75 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $394.00 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $432.67 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPExchange $602.51 ↓ -91%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $716.53 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBPPO $800.79 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPOS $800.79 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBHMO $800.79 ↓ -87%
United SmallGroup $848.52 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMHMO $851.85 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPOS $851.85 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPPO $851.85 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPPO $1,001.63 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONHMO $1,001.63 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONPOS $1,001.63 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $1,074.51 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,082.47 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,082.47 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,082.47 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,630.95 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,746.08 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $1,811.48 ↓ -72%
Humana PPO $1,811.48 ↓ -72%
BCBS Traditional $2,238.57 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,328.11 ↓ -64%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,558.36 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,558.36 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $2,878.16 ↓ -55%

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Liver/spleen imag w/vasclr flow at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $5,721.34 $126.98 – $602.51
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $954.80 $125.41 – $2,728.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $954.80 $128.64 – $2,728.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $126.07 – $602.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $504.82 $135.99 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,194.01 $245.77 – $1,791.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,246.79 $135.99 – $1,558.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $504.82 $135.99 – $1,021.72

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