Radiation treatment aid(s) 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.

$53.42 with BCBS vs $620.45 with Humana — 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $53.42
BCBS BAV $58.96
Aetna QHPExchange $76.75
BCBS EPOSOA $87.57
BCBS HMO $87.57
BCBS PPO $87.57
Aetna NBPPO $102.00
Aetna NBHMO $102.00
Aetna NBPOS $102.00
Aetna COMMHMO $108.51
Aetna COMMPPO $108.51
Aetna COMMPOS $108.51
Aetna OONHMO $127.59
Aetna OONPOS $127.59
Aetna OONPPO $127.59
Aetna ASAHMO $137.88
Aetna ASAPPO $137.88
Aetna ASAPOS $137.88
Humana PPO $620.45
Humana HMO $620.45

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Radiation treatment aid(s) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,036.35 $35.03 – $2,961.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $3,280.00 $53.42 – $620.45
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,036.35 $42.62 – $2,961.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $53.42 – $620.45
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $262.55 $45.54 – $336.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $685.07 $113.84 – $1,027.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $685.07 $113.84 – $856.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $262.55 $28.02 – $336.13

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