Tl-201 thallium diag per 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

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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.

$28.73 with Superior Health Plan vs $409.86 with BCBS — 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 STARKids $28.73
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $28.73
Superior Health Plan CHIP $28.73
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $28.73
Superior Health Plan STAR $28.73
Aetna MCR $31.75
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $62.26
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $62.26
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $62.26
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $62.26
United SmallGroup $78.80
United AllPayerAppendix $78.80
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $78.80
United OptionsPPO $80.45
Cigna CSN $80.61
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $87.27
Oscar HIX $93.38
Cigna PPO $103.93
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $122.12
Molina Healthcare HIX $129.30
Evry Health BroadNetwork $130.74
Aetna NBHMO $130.74
Aetna NBPOS $130.74
Aetna NBPPO $130.74
Aetna COMMPPO $138.40
Aetna COMMPOS $138.40
Aetna COMMHMO $138.40
CHC Harris Health Indigent $143.67
Aetna OONHMO $163.30
Aetna OONPPO $163.30
Aetna OONPOS $163.30
BCBS Traditional $167.61
Coventry National First Health COMM $174.32
Aetna ASAHMO $176.23
Aetna ASAPPO $176.23
Aetna ASAPOS $176.23
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $191.56
Curative Administrators COMM $191.56
United GlobalAppendix $215.50
BCBS MyBlueHealth $297.53
BCBS BAV $327.89
Humana PPO $340.71
Humana HMO $340.71
BCBS EPOSOA $409.86
BCBS HMO $409.86
BCBS PPO $409.86

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Tl-201 thallium diag per mci at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $28.35 $21.87 – $538.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $175.00 $78.80 – $340.71
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $28.35 $21.06 – $538.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $78.80 – $340.71
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $27.09 $20.13 – $538.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $33.78 $24.59 – $193.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $171.90 $38.72 – $954.90
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $28.35 $21.06 – $538.00

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