Rp loclzj tum spect w/ct 1 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.

$436.04 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $4,188.06 with Aetna — 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 $436.04
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $436.04
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $447.40
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $447.40
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $447.40
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $447.40
United MGMCD $456.35
Molina Healthcare CHIP $479.64
Molina Healthcare STAR $479.64
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $479.64
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $479.64
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $483.19
Humana MCD $545.05
BCBS MyBlueHealth $763.05
BCBS BAV $966.82
BCBS HMO $1,474.07
BCBS EPOSOA $1,634.48
BCBS PPO $1,794.90
Aetna QHPExchange $2,331.09
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,481.29
United SmallGroup $2,938.37
United AllPayerAppendix $2,938.37
Aetna NBHMO $3,098.24
Aetna NBPPO $3,098.24
Aetna NBPOS $3,098.24
Aetna COMMPOS $3,295.79
Aetna COMMHMO $3,295.79
Aetna COMMPPO $3,295.79
Aetna OONPPO $3,875.27
Aetna OONHMO $3,875.27
Aetna OONPOS $3,875.27
Aetna ASAPOS $4,188.06
Aetna ASAHMO $4,188.06
Aetna ASAPPO $4,188.06

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Rp loclzj tum spect w/ct 1 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $6,338.63 $447.40 – $2,331.09
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $2,659.65 $436.04 – $7,599.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $2,659.65 $436.04 – $7,599.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $427.32 – $2,331.09
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,006.39 $436.04 – $3,757.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,263.09 $465.82 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,810.13 $436.04 – $3,517.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,006.39 $436.04 – $3,757.99

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