Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging 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

$7,029.08

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.

$7,029.08

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.

$282.01 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $3,163.09 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 $282.01 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $282.01 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $298.71 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $298.71 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $298.71 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $298.71 ↓ -96%
United MGMCD $304.68 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $310.21 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STAR $310.21 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $310.21 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $310.21 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $322.61 ↓ -95%
Humana MCD $352.51 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $421.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $421.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $421.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $421.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $421.74 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $483.96 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $613.21 ↓ -91%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $929.86 ↓ -87%
BCBS HMO $934.93 ↓ -87%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,036.67 ↓ -85%
United SmallGroup $1,101.15 ↓ -84%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15 ↓ -84%
BCBS PPO $1,138.42 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $1,180.89 ↓ -83%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,480.85 ↓ -79%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,792.42 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,918.94 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBHMO $1,968.20 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBPOS $1,968.20 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBPPO $1,968.20 ↓ -72%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,093.69 ↓ -70%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,093.69 ↓ -70%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,093.69 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $2,242.98 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $2,242.98 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $2,460.18 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPOS $2,461.81 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPPO $2,461.81 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONHMO $2,461.81 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,558.59 ↓ -64%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,660.52 ↓ -62%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,660.52 ↓ -62%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,660.52 ↓ -62%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,811.63 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,811.63 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $3,163.09 ↓ -55%

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Quant diff pulm perf and vent w/imaging at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,538.60 $282.01 – $4,396.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,538.60 $282.01 – $4,396.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $298.71 – $1,480.85
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,610.93 $269.31 – $2,013.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,425.08 $293.33 – $2,137.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,425.08 $269.31 – $1,781.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,610.93 $269.31 – $2,013.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,425.08 $288.16 – $2,137.63

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