Tc-99m tetrofosmin p study dose 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.

$65.85 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,139.09 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 STARPLUS $65.85
Superior Health Plan CHIP $65.85
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $65.85
Superior Health Plan STAR $65.85
Superior Health Plan STARKids $65.85
Aetna MCR $72.77
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $142.68
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $142.68
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $142.68
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $142.68
United OptionsPPO $184.38
BCBS MyBlueHealth $190.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $192.89
United SmallGroup $192.89
United AllPayerAppendix $192.89
BCBS BAV $209.67
Cigna CSN $210.49
Oscar HIX $214.02
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $227.89
BCBS EPOSOA $262.09
BCBS HMO $262.09
BCBS PPO $262.09
Cigna PPO $271.38
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $279.87
Molina Healthcare HIX $296.33
Aetna NBHMO $299.62
Aetna NBPPO $299.62
Aetna NBPOS $299.62
Evry Health BroadNetwork $299.62
Aetna COMMPPO $317.18
Aetna COMMHMO $317.18
Aetna COMMPOS $317.18
CHC Harris Health Indigent $329.26
Aetna OONPOS $374.25
Aetna OONPPO $374.25
Aetna OONHMO $374.25
BCBS Traditional $384.13
Coventry National First Health COMM $399.50
Aetna ASAPPO $403.89
Aetna ASAPOS $403.89
Aetna ASAHMO $403.89
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $439.01
Curative Administrators COMM $439.01
United GlobalAppendix $493.88
Humana HMO $1,139.09
Humana PPO $1,139.09

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Tc-99m tetrofosmin p study dose at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $119.00 $87.36 – $340.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $96.00 $190.26 – $1,139.09
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $119.00 $88.40 – $340.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $190.26 – $1,139.09
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $531.44 $190.26 – $1,139.09
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $165.20 $100.00 – $354.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $97.30 $70.84 – $500.40
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $59.25 $100.00 – $315.90

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