Ultrasound nrv&acc strux 1xtr compre 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.

$58.48 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $442.48 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $58.48
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $58.48
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $58.48
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $58.48
United MGMCD $59.65
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $63.16
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $71.50
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $71.50
Molina Healthcare CHIP $78.65
Molina Healthcare STAR $78.65
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $78.65
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $78.65
Humana MCD $89.38
BCBS MyBlueHealth $188.11
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $203.07
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00
BCBS BAV $238.34
United SmallGroup $240.48
United AllPayerAppendix $240.48
BCBS HMO $363.39
BCBS EPOSOA $402.94
BCBS PPO $442.48

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Ultrasound nrv&acc strux 1xtr compre at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $58.48 – $188.11
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $58.48 – $188.11
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $265.61 $71.50 – $332.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $376.57 $77.51 – $564.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $388.47 $71.50 – $485.59
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $265.61 $71.50 – $332.01
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $376.57 $76.50 – $564.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $376.57 $71.50 – $564.86

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