Nm imaging bone/joint whole body 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

$9,685.54

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.

$9,685.54

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.

$275.66 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $4,358.49 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 $275.66 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $275.66 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $294.04 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $294.04 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $294.04 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $294.04 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $299.92 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $303.23 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $303.23 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $303.23 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $303.23 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $317.56 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $344.58 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $476.34 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $581.13 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $581.13 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $581.13 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $581.13 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $581.13 ↓ -94%
BCBS BAV $603.55 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $716.53 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52 ↓ -91%
United SmallGroup $848.52 ↓ -91%
BCBS HMO $920.21 ↓ -90%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,020.35 ↓ -89%
BCBS PPO $1,120.49 ↓ -88%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,435.05 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $1,627.17 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBHMO $1,907.31 ↓ -80%
Aetna NBPOS $1,907.31 ↓ -80%
Aetna NBPPO $1,907.31 ↓ -80%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,028.93 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,028.93 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,028.93 ↓ -79%
Aetna OONHMO $2,385.66 ↓ -75%
Aetna OONPOS $2,385.66 ↓ -75%
Aetna OONPPO $2,385.66 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,469.81 ↓ -75%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,578.22 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,578.22 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,578.22 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,644.15 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $3,090.66 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $3,090.66 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $3,389.94 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,525.54 ↓ -64%
Curative Administrators COMM $3,874.22 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3,874.22 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $4,358.49 ↓ -55%

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Nm imaging bone/joint whole body at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $8,663.70 $294.04 – $1,435.05
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,956.15 $275.66 – $5,589.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,956.15 $275.66 – $5,589.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $270.15 – $1,435.05
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,823.30 $264.64 – $2,279.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,823.30 $375.30 – $2,734.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,823.30 $264.64 – $2,279.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,823.30 $264.64 – $2,279.12

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