Tilt table study at HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL
5003 CYPRESS CREEK PKWY, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1750819025
$2,289.47
Cash price 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.
$2,289.47
Gross charge 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.
$155.17 with BCBS vs $43,890.00 with Curative Administrators — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $155.17 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | BAV | $171.08 | ↓ -93% |
| BCBS | HMO | $214.18 | ↓ -91% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $218.16 | ↓ -90% |
| BCBS | PPO | $222.14 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $297.63 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $297.63 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $297.63 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $297.63 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | CSN | $338.84 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $366.32 | ↓ -84% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $384.63 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | PPO | $435.00 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $446.45 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $512.84 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $625.03 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $625.03 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $625.03 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $661.66 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $661.66 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $661.66 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $780.71 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $780.71 | ↓ -66% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $780.71 | ↓ -66% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $801.31 | ↓ -65% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $833.37 | ↓ -64% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $842.52 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $842.52 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $842.52 | ↓ -63% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $915.79 | ↓ -60% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,030.26 | ↓ -55% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,120.00 | ↓ -51% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,600.00 | ↓ -30% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,702.00 | ↓ -26% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $5,591.00 | ↑ +144% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $5,591.00 | ↑ +144% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $5,591.00 | ↑ +144% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $5,591.00 | ↑ +144% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $5,591.00 | ↑ +144% |
| Humana | HMO | $10,106.00 | ↑ +341% |
| Humana | PPO | $10,106.00 | ↑ +341% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $21,231.00 | ↑ +827% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $29,288.00 | ↑ +1179% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $43,890.00 | ↑ +1817% |
Visitor-reported prices
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Tilt table study at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $2,480.10 | $78.25 – $7,086.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $2,480.10 | $96.81 – $7,086.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $155.17 – $155.17 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,325.16 | $203.57 – $2,906.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,325.10 | $200.26 – $3,487.65 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $2,062.26 | $200.26 – $2,577.82 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,325.16 | $155.17 – $2,906.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,325.10 | $244.68 – $3,487.65 |