Scan duplex lower extremity arteries complete bilateral 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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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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$230.13 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $2,533.70 with United — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $230.13
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $230.13
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $230.13
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $230.13
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $233.52
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $233.52
United MGMCD $234.73
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $248.54
Molina Healthcare CHIP $256.87
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $256.87
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $256.87
Molina Healthcare STAR $256.87
Humana MCD $291.90
Superior Health Plan CHIP $337.83
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $337.83
Superior Health Plan STARKids $337.83
Superior Health Plan STAR $337.83
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $337.83
BCBS MyBlueHealth $516.95
BCBS BAV $569.97
BCBS HMO $713.57
BCBS EPOSOA $726.83
Cigna CSN $739.37
BCBS PPO $740.08
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $800.17
United OptionsPPO $945.92
Cigna PPO $951.18
Oscar HIX $1,097.94
Aetna QHPExchange $1,261.22
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,435.76
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,537.11
Aetna NBPOS $1,537.11
Aetna NBHMO $1,537.11
Aetna NBPPO $1,537.11
Aetna COMMPPO $1,627.20
Aetna COMMPOS $1,627.20
Aetna COMMHMO $1,627.20
Aetna OONPPO $1,919.98
Aetna OONPOS $1,919.98
Aetna OONHMO $1,919.98
BCBS Traditional $1,970.66
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,049.48
Aetna ASAHMO $2,072.01
Aetna ASAPPO $2,072.01
Aetna ASAPOS $2,072.01
Humana HMO $2,077.05
Humana PPO $2,077.05
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,252.18
Curative Administrators COMM $2,252.18
United GlobalAppendix $2,533.70

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Scan duplex lower extremity arteries complete bilateral at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,085.35 $233.52 – $3,101.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,085.35 $233.52 – $3,101.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $230.13 – $739.37
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $228.85 – $739.37
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $2,124.64 $850.54 – $850.54
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,177.09 $227.71 – $1,471.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $971.41 $199.95 – $1,457.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $970.20 $227.71 – $1,212.75

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