Nose (Nasal Bone) X-ray (complete) 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

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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.

$37.76 with Amerigroup vs $1,496.15 with Multiplan — 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
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $37.76 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $37.76 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $38.43 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $38.43 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $38.43 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $38.43 —
United MGMCD $39.20 —
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $41.50 —
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $41.54 —
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $41.54 —
Molina Healthcare STAR $41.54 —
Molina Healthcare CHIP $41.54 —
Humana MCD $47.20 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $56.64 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $56.64 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $56.64 —
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $105.61 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $105.61 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $105.61 —
Superior Health Plan STAR $105.61 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $105.61 —
Cigna CSN $108.99 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $117.95 —
Cigna PPO $140.21 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71 —
BCBS BAV $177.98 —
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 —
United SmallGroup $182.03 —
Aetna NBPOS $246.00 —
Aetna NBHMO $246.00 —
Aetna NBPPO $246.00 —
Aetna COMMHMO $261.75 —
Aetna COMMPOS $261.75 —
Aetna COMMPPO $261.75 —
BCBS HMO $271.35 —
United OptionsPPO $295.71 —
BCBS EPOSOA $300.88 —
Aetna OONHMO $307.75 —
Aetna OONPOS $307.75 —
Aetna OONPPO $307.75 —
BCBS PPO $330.41 —
Aetna ASAPOS $332.75 —
Aetna ASAHMO $332.75 —
Aetna ASAPPO $332.75 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $448.85 —
Evry Health BroadNetwork $480.53 —
Humana PPO $583.15 —
Humana HMO $583.15 —
BCBS Traditional $616.06 —
Coventry National First Health COMM $623.10 —
Curative Administrators COMM $704.07 —
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $704.07 —
United GlobalAppendix $792.08 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,320.13 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,496.15 —

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Nose (Nasal Bone) X-ray (complete) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $291.55 $37.76 – $833.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $291.55 $37.76 – $833.00
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $522.50 $87.42 – $170.47
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $245.00 $87.42 – $349.69
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $522.50 $87.42 – $349.69
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $37.00 – $246.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $37.76 – $246.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $642.77 $307.27 – $307.27

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