Ultrasound ob >=14wks ea addl gest at HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL
5003 CYPRESS CREEK PKWY, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1750819025
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Cash price 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 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.
$76.12 with BCBS vs $1,570.07 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $76.12 | — |
| Texas Childrens Healthplans | CHIP | $87.54 | — |
| Texas Childrens Healthplans | MEDICAID | $87.54 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $88.55 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $88.55 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $88.55 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $88.55 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $90.32 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $95.63 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $96.29 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $96.29 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $96.29 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $96.29 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $96.45 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $109.43 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $147.05 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $163.05 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $179.05 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $209.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $209.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $209.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $209.34 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $209.34 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $213.00 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $231.32 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $248.72 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $330.57 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $330.57 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $330.57 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $351.65 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $351.65 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $351.65 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $413.48 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $413.48 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $413.48 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $446.85 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $446.85 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $446.85 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $586.16 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $764.15 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $764.15 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $942.04 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $952.51 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $1,046.71 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,221.17 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,270.01 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,395.62 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,395.62 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,570.07 | — |
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Ultrasound ob >=14wks ea addl gest at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $694.40 | $51.90 – $1,984.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | $4,554.00 | $76.12 – $248.72 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $694.40 | $60.98 – $1,984.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $76.12 – $248.72 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $470.69 | $86.50 – $666.82 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $567.63 | $94.99 – $851.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $459.43 | $87.54 – $574.28 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $470.69 | $87.54 – $666.82 |