Tc-99m mertiatide 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.

$76.42 with Superior Health Plan vs $9,055.57 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 CHPFC $76.42
Superior Health Plan STARKids $76.42
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $76.42
Superior Health Plan CHIP $76.42
Superior Health Plan STAR $76.42
Aetna MCR $84.44
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $165.57
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $165.57
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $165.57
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $165.57
United OptionsPPO $213.97
Oscar HIX $248.36
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $324.78
Molina Healthcare HIX $343.88
Evry Health BroadNetwork $347.70
Aetna NBHMO $347.70
Aetna NBPOS $347.70
Aetna NBPPO $347.70
Aetna COMMHMO $368.08
Aetna COMMPOS $368.08
Aetna COMMPPO $368.08
CHC Harris Health Indigent $382.09
Aetna OONPOS $434.31
Aetna OONHMO $434.31
Aetna OONPPO $434.31
BCBS Traditional $445.77
Coventry National First Health COMM $463.60
Aetna ASAPPO $468.70
Aetna ASAPOS $468.70
Aetna ASAHMO $468.70
Curative Administrators COMM $509.46
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $509.46
United GlobalAppendix $573.14
United AllPayerAppendix $1,308.90
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,308.90
United SmallGroup $1,308.90
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,512.49
BCBS BAV $1,666.83
BCBS HMO $2,083.54
BCBS PPO $2,083.54
BCBS EPOSOA $2,083.54
Humana HMO $9,055.57
Humana PPO $9,055.57
Cigna OpenAccessPlus not published by hospital
Cigna CSN not published by hospital
Cigna PPO not published by hospital

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Tc-99m mertiatide at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $944.65 $100.00 – $2,699.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $944.65 $100.00 – $2,699.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,308.90 – $9,055.57
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1,308.90 – $9,055.57
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $3,133.94 $1,308.90 – $9,055.57
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $2,515.31 $1,308.90 – $9,055.57
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $2,611.33 $1,308.90 – $9,055.57
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $893.40 $100.00 – $1,914.42

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