Scan duplex extracranial arteries unilateral/limited study 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

$4,581.28

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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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$4,581.28

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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 $2,061.58 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

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 $106.88 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $106.88 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $108.97 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $108.97 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $108.97 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $108.97 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $111.15 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $117.57 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $117.57 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $117.57 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $117.57 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $117.69 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $133.60 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $247.08 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $272.42 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $274.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $274.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $274.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $274.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $274.88 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $341.06 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $347.39 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $353.73 ↓ -92%
Cigna CSN $364.82 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $394.82 ↓ -91%
Cigna PPO $469.33 ↓ -90%
United OptionsPPO $769.66 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $893.35 ↓ -80%
Humana PPO $986.18 ↓ -78%
Humana HMO $986.18 ↓ -78%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,026.21 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,168.23 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,250.69 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $1,250.69 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $1,250.69 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBHMO $1,250.69 ↓ -73%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,323.99 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,323.99 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,323.99 ↓ -71%
Aetna OONHMO $1,562.22 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONPOS $1,562.22 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONPPO $1,562.22 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $1,603.45 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,667.59 ↓ -64%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,685.91 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,685.91 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,685.91 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,832.51 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,832.51 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $2,061.58 ↓ -55%

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Scan duplex extracranial arteries unilateral/limited study at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $331.10 $104.06 – $946.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $331.10 $75.68 – $946.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $108.97 – $364.82
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $104.74 – $364.82
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,069.02 $406.52 – $406.52
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $601.48 $99.77 – $751.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $601.48 $123.80 – $1,117.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $601.48 $99.77 – $1,117.00

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