Tc-99m pyroph diag per dose up to 25 mci 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

$1,129.55

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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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$1,129.55

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.

$65.59 with United vs $508.30 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
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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
United SmallGroup $65.59 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $65.59 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $65.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $67.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $67.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $67.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $67.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $67.77 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $74.89 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $97.61 ↓ -91%
BCBS BAV $107.57 ↓ -90%
BCBS EPOSOA $134.46 ↓ -88%
BCBS HMO $134.46 ↓ -88%
BCBS PPO $134.46 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $146.84 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $146.84 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $146.84 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $146.84 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $158.10 ↓ -86%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $171.16 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $189.76 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $203.83 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $220.26 ↓ -81%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $288.04 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $304.98 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $308.37 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $308.37 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBHMO $308.37 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $308.37 ↓ -73%
Aetna COMMPOS $326.44 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPPO $326.44 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMHMO $326.44 ↓ -71%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $338.87 ↓ -70%
Aetna OONPPO $385.18 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONHMO $385.18 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONPOS $385.18 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $395.34 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $411.16 ↓ -64%
Aetna ASAHMO $415.67 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPPO $415.67 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPOS $415.67 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $451.82 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $451.82 ↓ -60%
Humana HMO $467.52 ↓ -59%
Humana PPO $467.52 ↓ -59%
United GlobalAppendix $508.30 ↓ -55%

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Tc-99m pyroph diag per dose up to 25 mci at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $109.90 $44.82 – $314.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $109.90 $54.28 – $314.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $65.59 – $467.52
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $65.59 – $467.52
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $300.05 $65.59 – $467.52
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $1,280.09 $65.59 – $467.52
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $54.95 $38.49 – $282.60
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $87.37 $34.64 – $513.90

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