MRI fetal ea addl gestation 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

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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.

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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.

$204.49 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $2,739.00 with Cigna — 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 CHIP $204.49
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $204.49
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $207.83
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $207.83
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $207.83
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $207.83
United MGMCD $211.99
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $224.46
Molina Healthcare CHIP $224.94
Molina Healthcare STAR $224.94
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $224.94
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $224.94
Humana MCD $255.61
BCBS MyBlueHealth $306.05
BCBS BAV $353.03
BCBS HMO $536.66
BCBS EPOSOA $587.91
BCBS PPO $637.73
Aetna QHPExchange $1,210.00
Aetna NBHMO $1,605.00
Aetna NBPPO $1,605.00
Aetna NBPOS $1,605.00
Aetna COMMPPO $1,706.00
Aetna COMMPOS $1,706.00
Aetna COMMHMO $1,706.00
Aetna OONPOS $2,007.00
Aetna OONPPO $2,007.00
Aetna OONHMO $2,007.00
Cigna CSN $2,127.00
Aetna ASAPOS $2,168.00
Aetna ASAPPO $2,168.00
Aetna ASAHMO $2,168.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,304.00
Humana HMO $2,546.56
Humana PPO $2,546.56
Cigna PPO $2,739.00

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MRI fetal ea addl gestation at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $576.10 $170.82 – $1,646.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $576.10 $131.68 – $1,646.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $200.40 – $284.70
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $477.93 $204.49 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $654.40 $134.70 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $577.07 $204.49 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $477.93 $204.49 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $654.40 $218.80 – $2,149.00

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