Ultrasound hips infant dynamic 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

$4,074.75

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.

$4,074.75

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.

$80.90 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,833.64 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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $80.90 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $80.90 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $80.90 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $80.90 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $82.52 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $86.58 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $86.58 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $87.37 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $95.24 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $95.24 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $95.24 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $95.24 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $108.22 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $177.98 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $182.03 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03 ↓ -96%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $244.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $244.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $244.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $244.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $244.49 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $271.35 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $300.88 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $330.41 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $475.49 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBHMO $631.98 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBPOS $631.98 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBPPO $631.98 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMMPPO $672.27 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMMPOS $672.27 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMMHMO $672.27 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $684.56 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONHMO $790.47 ↓ -81%
Aetna OONPOS $790.47 ↓ -81%
Aetna OONPPO $790.47 ↓ -81%
Aetna ASAPPO $854.28 ↓ -79%
Aetna ASAHMO $854.28 ↓ -79%
Aetna ASAPOS $854.28 ↓ -79%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,112.41 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $1,300.25 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $1,300.25 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $1,426.16 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,483.21 ↓ -64%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,629.90 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,629.90 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $1,833.64 ↓ -55%

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Ultrasound hips infant dynamic at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $105.35 $33.11 – $301.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $105.35 $24.08 – $301.00
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $761.00 $87.42 – $170.47
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $667.00 $87.42 – $349.69
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $761.00 $87.42 – $349.69
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $80.90 – $475.49
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $403.88 $83.05 – $504.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $474.87 $97.74 – $712.30

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