Scan duplex aorta/ivc/iliac unilateral/limited 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.

$106.88 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $903.97 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
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $106.88
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $106.88
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $108.97
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $108.97
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $108.97
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $108.97
United MGMCD $111.15
Molina Healthcare CHIP $117.57
Molina Healthcare STAR $117.57
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $117.57
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $117.57
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $117.69
Humana MCD $133.60
BCBS MyBlueHealth $262.27
BCBS BAV $289.17
Cigna CSN $342.99
BCBS HMO $362.02
BCBS EPOSOA $368.74
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $371.20
BCBS PPO $375.47
Cigna PPO $441.25
Humana HMO $903.97
Humana PPO $903.97

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Scan duplex aorta/ivc/iliac unilateral/limited at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $2,846.68 $108.97 – $342.99
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $324.10 $101.86 – $926.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $324.10 $74.08 – $926.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $104.74 – $342.99
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $509.35 $99.77 – $636.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $422.32 $86.93 – $1,117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $497.68 $99.77 – $1,117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $509.35 $99.77 – $1,117.00

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