Pericardiocentesis wwo imaging at HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL
5003 CYPRESS CREEK PKWY, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1750819025
$5,450.12
Cash price 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.
$5,450.12
Gross charge 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.
$446.27 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $12,909.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Texas Childrens Healthplans | MEDICAID | $446.27 | ↓ -92% |
| Texas Childrens Healthplans | CHIP | $446.27 | ↓ -92% |
| United | MGMCD | $478.87 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $490.90 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $490.90 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $490.90 | ↓ -91% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $490.90 | ↓ -91% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $499.82 | ↓ -91% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $499.82 | ↓ -91% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $499.82 | ↓ -91% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $499.82 | ↓ -91% |
| Humana | MCD | $557.84 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $563.38 | ↓ -90% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $915.62 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $948.00 | ↓ -83% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $948.00 | ↓ -83% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $1,487.88 | ↓ -73% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,534.00 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $1,579.00 | ↓ -71% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,732.00 | ↓ -68% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,907.54 | ↓ -65% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,983.84 | ↓ -64% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,012.00 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $2,098.00 | ↓ -62% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $2,098.00 | ↓ -62% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $2,180.05 | ↓ -60% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,191.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $2,229.00 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $2,229.00 | ↓ -59% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $2,299.00 | ↓ -58% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $2,444.00 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $2,452.55 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $2,623.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $2,623.00 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $2,832.00 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $2,832.00 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $2,838.17 | ↓ -48% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $2,876.00 | ↓ -47% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $3,106.00 | ↓ -43% |
| BCBS | BAV | $3,197.01 | ↓ -41% |
| BCBS | HMO | $3,376.44 | ↓ -38% |
| Oscar | HIX | $3,390.00 | ↓ -38% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $3,588.49 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS | PPO | $3,784.22 | ↓ -31% |
| Humana | PPO | $4,690.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Humana | HMO | $4,690.00 | ↓ -14% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $5,841.00 | ↑ +7% |
| Cigna | CSN | $10,121.00 | ↑ +86% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $10,857.00 | ↑ +99% |
| Cigna | PPO | $12,909.00 | ↑ +137% |
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Pericardiocentesis wwo imaging at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $6,836.62 | $478.87 – $3,343.82 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $1,212.40 | $935.28 – $3,464.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $1,212.40 | $935.28 – $3,464.00 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $3,161.89 | $446.27 – $3,967.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,649.05 | $71.00 – $3,973.58 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,522.88 | $71.00 – $3,967.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $3,161.89 | $446.27 – $3,967.42 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,649.05 | $85.00 – $3,973.58 |