Tc-99m maa 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.

$21.92 with Superior Health Plan vs $233.18 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 STAR $21.92
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $21.92
Superior Health Plan STARKids $21.92
Superior Health Plan CHIP $21.92
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $21.92
Aetna MCR $24.22
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $47.50
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $47.50
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $47.50
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $47.50
United AllPayerAppendix $50.14
United SmallGroup $50.14
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $50.14
BCBS MyBlueHealth $58.56
United OptionsPPO $61.38
BCBS BAV $64.54
Oscar HIX $71.24
Cigna CSN $74.05
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $80.17
BCBS EPOSOA $80.68
BCBS PPO $80.68
BCBS HMO $80.68
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $93.16
Cigna PPO $95.47
Molina Healthcare HIX $98.64
Aetna NBHMO $99.74
Evry Health BroadNetwork $99.74
Aetna NBPPO $99.74
Aetna NBPOS $99.74
Aetna COMMPOS $105.59
Aetna COMMPPO $105.59
Aetna COMMHMO $105.59
CHC Harris Health Indigent $109.61
Aetna OONPOS $124.58
Aetna OONPPO $124.58
Aetna OONHMO $124.58
BCBS Traditional $127.87
Coventry National First Health COMM $132.99
Aetna ASAPPO $134.45
Aetna ASAPOS $134.45
Aetna ASAHMO $134.45
Curative Administrators COMM $146.14
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $146.14
United GlobalAppendix $164.41
Humana PPO $233.18
Humana HMO $233.18

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Tc-99m maa at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $1,099.56 $50.14 – $233.18
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $386.05 $26.89 – $1,103.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $386.05 $32.57 – $1,103.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $50.14 – $233.18
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $766.64 $50.14 – $233.18
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $1,280.09 $50.14 – $233.18
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $1,328.96 $50.14 – $233.18
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $399.11 $32.57 – $855.23

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