Low-Dose Lung Cancer Screening CT Scan at HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL

5003 CYPRESS CREEK PKWY, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1750819025

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$372.19

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.

$372.19

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.

$22.33 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,361.00 with Aetna — 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 CHIP $22.33 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $22.33 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $22.33 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $22.33 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $22.33 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $55.08 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $59.55 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $62.53 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $70.72 ↓ -81%
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75 ↓ -72%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $104.75 ↓ -72%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $106.88 ↓ -71%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $106.88 ↓ -71%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $106.88 ↓ -71%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $106.88 ↓ -71%
United MGMCD $109.02 ↓ -71%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $115.23 ↓ -69%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $115.23 ↓ -69%
Molina Healthcare STAR $115.23 ↓ -69%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $115.23 ↓ -69%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $115.43 ↓ -69%
Humana PPO $123.31 ↓ -67%
Humana HMO $123.31 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $130.27 ↓ -65%
Humana MCD $130.94 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $131.76 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $148.88 ↓ -60%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71 ↓ -59%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $157.13 ↓ -58%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $157.13 ↓ -58%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $157.13 ↓ -58%
United GlobalAppendix $167.49 ↓ -55%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -51%
United SmallGroup $182.03 ↓ -51%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $182.04 ↓ -51%
BCBS BAV $230.65 ↓ -38%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $279.14 ↓ -25%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $316.36 ↓ -15%
BCBS HMO $351.66 ↓ -6%
BCBS EPOSOA $389.93 ↑ +5%
BCBS PPO $428.20 ↑ +15%
Aetna NBHMO $1,007.00 ↑ +171%
Aetna NBPPO $1,007.00 ↑ +171%
Aetna NBPOS $1,007.00 ↑ +171%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,071.00 ↑ +188%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,071.00 ↑ +188%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,071.00 ↑ +188%
Aetna OONPPO $1,258.00 ↑ +238%
Aetna OONHMO $1,258.00 ↑ +238%
Aetna OONPOS $1,258.00 ↑ +238%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,361.00 ↑ +266%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,361.00 ↑ +266%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,361.00 ↑ +266%

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Low-Dose Lung Cancer Screening CT Scan at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $127.05 $39.93 – $1,154.70
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $127.05 $29.04 – $1,154.70
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $1,188.00 $105.02 – $204.79
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $1,188.00 $105.02 – $420.09
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $1,188.00 $105.02 – $420.09
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $102.66 – $182.04
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $104.75 – $182.04
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,731.74 $398.21 – $398.21

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