Mnl appl strs jt radiography 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

$587.74

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.

$587.74

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.

$35.26 with Superior Health Plan vs $861.49 with Humana — 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 STAR $35.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $35.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $35.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $35.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $35.26 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $55.73 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $55.73 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $56.41 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $56.41 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $56.41 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $56.41 ↓ -90%
United MGMCD $57.54 ↓ -90%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $60.92 ↓ -90%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $61.30 ↓ -90%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $61.30 ↓ -90%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $61.30 ↓ -90%
Molina Healthcare STAR $61.30 ↓ -90%
Humana MCD $69.66 ↓ -88%
United OptionsPPO $98.74 ↓ -83%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $149.87 ↓ -75%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $160.45 ↓ -73%
BCBS BAV $177.98 ↓ -70%
United SmallGroup $182.03 ↓ -69%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -69%
BCBS Traditional $205.71 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $213.94 ↓ -64%
Curative Administrators COMM $235.10 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $235.10 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $264.48 ↓ -55%
BCBS HMO $271.35 ↓ -54%
Cigna CSN $297.19 ↓ -49%
BCBS EPOSOA $300.88 ↓ -49%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $321.63 ↓ -45%
Aetna QHPExchange $326.88 ↓ -44%
BCBS PPO $330.41 ↓ -44%
Cigna PPO $382.33 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBPOS $434.46 ↓ -26%
Aetna NBHMO $434.46 ↓ -26%
Aetna NBPPO $434.46 ↓ -26%
Aetna COMMPPO $462.16 ↓ -21%
Aetna COMMPOS $462.16 ↓ -21%
Aetna COMMHMO $462.16 ↓ -21%
Aetna OONPPO $543.42 ↓ -8%
Aetna OONPOS $543.42 ↓ -8%
Aetna OONHMO $543.42 ↓ -8%
Aetna ASAHMO $587.28 ↓ -0%
Aetna ASAPOS $587.28 ↓ -0%
Aetna ASAPPO $587.28 ↓ -0%
Humana HMO $861.49 ↑ +47%
Humana PPO $861.49 ↑ +47%

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Mnl appl strs jt radiography at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $56.41 – $326.88
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $54.62 – $326.88
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $101.73 $55.73 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $196.81 $40.51 – $295.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $196.81 $55.73 – $246.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $101.73 $55.73 – $225.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $196.81 $59.63 – $295.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $196.81 $55.73 – $295.22

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