Lung perfusion imaging 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

$9,611.32

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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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$9,611.32

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.

$221.20 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $4,325.09 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 $221.20 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $221.20 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $232.55 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $232.55 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $232.55 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $232.55 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $237.20 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $243.32 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $243.32 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $243.32 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $243.32 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $251.15 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $276.50 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $369.79 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $468.55 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $576.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $576.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $576.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $576.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $576.68 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $714.37 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $716.53 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $792.11 ↓ -92%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -91%
United SmallGroup $848.52 ↓ -91%
BCBS PPO $869.86 ↓ -91%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,128.34 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBHMO $1,499.67 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBPOS $1,499.67 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBPPO $1,499.67 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,595.29 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,595.29 ↓ -83%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,595.29 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,614.70 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONHMO $1,875.78 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPPO $1,875.78 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPOS $1,875.78 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,027.19 ↓ -79%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,027.19 ↓ -79%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,027.19 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,450.89 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,623.89 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $3,066.97 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $3,066.97 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $3,363.96 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,498.52 ↓ -64%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3,844.53 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $3,844.53 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $4,325.09 ↓ -55%

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Lung perfusion imaging at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $4,474.26 $232.55 – $1,128.34
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $724.15 $221.20 – $2,069.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $6,667.00 $216.78 – $1,128.34
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $724.15 $165.52 – $2,069.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,348.42 $213.51 – $1,685.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,082.75 $222.87 – $1,624.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,100.39 $213.51 – $1,375.48
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,348.42 $213.51 – $1,685.52

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