Ultrasound exam k transpl w/doppler 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

$3,213.24

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$3,213.24

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.

$104.75 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $1,445.96 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
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $104.75 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $104.75 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $106.88 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $106.88 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $106.88 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $106.88 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $109.02 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $115.23 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STAR $115.23 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $115.23 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $115.23 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $115.43 ↓ -96%
Humana MCD $130.94 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $192.79 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $192.79 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $192.79 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $192.79 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $192.79 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -94%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -92%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $249.94 ↓ -92%
BCBS HMO $381.07 ↓ -88%
BCBS EPOSOA $422.54 ↓ -87%
BCBS PPO $464.01 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $539.82 ↓ -83%
Aetna QHPExchange $680.67 ↓ -79%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $877.21 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBHMO $904.68 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBPOS $904.68 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBPPO $904.68 ↓ -72%
Aetna COMMPOS $962.36 ↓ -70%
Aetna COMMPPO $962.36 ↓ -70%
Aetna COMMHMO $962.36 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $1,025.34 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $1,025.34 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $1,124.63 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPOS $1,131.57 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPPO $1,131.57 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONHMO $1,131.57 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,169.62 ↓ -64%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,222.90 ↓ -62%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,222.90 ↓ -62%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,222.90 ↓ -62%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,285.30 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,285.30 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $1,445.96 ↓ -55%

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Ultrasound exam k transpl w/doppler at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $750.05 $104.75 – $2,143.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $750.05 $104.75 – $2,143.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $106.88 – $680.67
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $102.66 – $680.67
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $2,288.27 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $684.31 $99.77 – $855.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $618.88 $127.39 – $928.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $601.20 $99.77 – $751.50

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