Tc-99m labeled rbc 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.

$89.78 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,091.66 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $89.78
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $89.78
Superior Health Plan STARKids $89.78
Superior Health Plan STAR $89.78
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $89.78
Aetna MCR $99.21
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $179.67
United SmallGroup $179.67
United AllPayerAppendix $179.67
BCBS MyBlueHealth $182.34
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $194.53
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $194.53
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $194.53
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $194.53
BCBS BAV $200.94
Cigna CSN $230.55
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $249.61
BCBS EPOSOA $251.18
BCBS PPO $251.18
BCBS HMO $251.18
United OptionsPPO $251.39
Oscar HIX $291.79
Cigna PPO $297.24
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $381.57
Molina Healthcare HIX $404.02
Evry Health BroadNetwork $408.51
Aetna NBPPO $408.51
Aetna NBPOS $408.51
Aetna NBHMO $408.51
Aetna COMMHMO $432.45
Aetna COMMPOS $432.45
Aetna COMMPPO $432.45
CHC Harris Health Indigent $448.91
Aetna OONHMO $510.26
Aetna OONPPO $510.26
Aetna OONPOS $510.26
BCBS Traditional $523.73
Coventry National First Health COMM $544.68
Aetna ASAPOS $550.66
Aetna ASAHMO $550.66
Aetna ASAPPO $550.66
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $598.54
Curative Administrators COMM $598.54
United GlobalAppendix $673.36
Humana HMO $1,091.66
Humana PPO $1,091.66

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Tc-99m labeled rbc at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $381.15 $83.73 – $1,089.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $381.15 $100.00 – $1,089.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $179.67 – $1,091.66
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $1,694.75 $179.67 – $1,091.66
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $2,584.00 $179.67 – $1,091.66
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $2,682.67 $179.67 – $1,091.66
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $99.40 $72.37 – $511.20
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $134.82 $94.91 – $646.20

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