Tomosynthesis breast diagnostic left 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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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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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.

$12.35 with Oscar vs $665.00 with Cigna — 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
Oscar MGMCR $12.35
Devoted Health MGMCR $12.60
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $12.60
CHC Harris Health Indigent $12.60
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.60
BCBS MCRPPO $12.60
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $12.60
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $12.60
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.60
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $12.60
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $12.60
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $12.60
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $12.60
WellMed MGMCR $12.66
Aetna MCR $12.71
Van Lang IPA MCR $12.73
United MCR $12.85
WellCare PFFS $12.98
WellCare POS $12.98
WellCare MCRHMO $12.98
WellCare PPO $12.98
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $12.98
WellCare SNP $12.98
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $13.23
American Health Plan MGMCR $13.23
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $13.23
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $13.23
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $13.23
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $13.23
Superior Health Plan PFFS $13.23
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $13.23
Shared Health MGMCR $13.23
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $13.36
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $13.36
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $13.36
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $13.36
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $13.36
Molina MGMCR $13.73
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $15.26
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $15.26
Verda Health Plan MCR $16.38
Community Health Choice HIX $18.27
Superior ValueHMO $18.27
Superior EPO $19.53
Superior HMO $19.53
Molina Healthcare HIX $27.09
BCBS MyBlueHealth $44.40
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $47.45
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $47.45
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $48.39
Molina Healthcare STAR $52.20
Molina Healthcare CHIP $52.20
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $52.20
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $52.20
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $52.79
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $52.79
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $52.79
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $52.79
United MGMCD $53.85
BCBS BAV $56.26
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $57.01
United SmallGroup $57.31
United AllPayerAppendix $57.31
Humana MCD $59.31
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $75.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $75.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $75.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $75.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $75.00
BCBS HMO $85.78
BCBS EPOSOA $95.12
BCBS PPO $104.45
United OptionsPPO $210.00
Humana PPO $233.47
Humana HMO $233.47
Aetna QHPExchange $280.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $318.76
Aetna NBPOS $341.26
Evry Health BroadNetwork $341.26
Aetna NBHMO $341.26
Aetna NBPPO $341.26
Aetna COMMPOS $361.26
Aetna COMMPPO $361.26
Aetna COMMHMO $361.26
Aetna OONPPO $426.26
Aetna OONHMO $426.26
Aetna OONPOS $426.26
BCBS Traditional $437.51
Coventry National First Health COMM $455.01
Aetna ASAPPO $460.01
Aetna ASAHMO $460.01
Aetna ASAPOS $460.01
Curative Administrators COMM $500.01
Cigna CSN $516.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $559.00
United GlobalAppendix $562.51
Cigna PPO $665.00

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Tomosynthesis breast diagnostic left at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $55.30 $17.38 – $158.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $55.30 $12.64 – $158.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $12.35 – $57.01
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $12.35 – $57.01
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $69.72 $81.74 – $110.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $19.78 $14.40 – $158.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $31.80 $47.43 – $183.60
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $55.30 $15.80 – $158.00

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