Unlisted CT procedure 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.

$80.90 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $2,106.00 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $80.90
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $80.90
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $80.90
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $80.90
United MGMCD $82.52
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $86.58
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $86.58
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $87.37
Molina Healthcare CHIP $95.24
Molina Healthcare STAR $95.24
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $95.24
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $95.24
Humana MCD $108.22
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
BCBS BAV $177.98
United SmallGroup $182.03
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
BCBS HMO $271.35
BCBS EPOSOA $300.88
BCBS PPO $330.41
Aetna QHPExchange $725.00
Aetna NBPPO $963.00
Aetna NBHMO $963.00
Aetna NBPOS $963.00
Aetna COMMHMO $1,024.00
Aetna COMMPOS $1,024.00
Aetna COMMPPO $1,024.00
Aetna OONPPO $1,203.00
Aetna OONHMO $1,203.00
Aetna OONPOS $1,203.00
Aetna ASAPPO $1,301.00
Aetna ASAPOS $1,301.00
Aetna ASAHMO $1,301.00
Cigna CSN $1,635.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,771.00
Cigna PPO $2,106.00

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Unlisted CT procedure at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $63.70 $20.02 – $1,154.70
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $63.70 $14.56 – $1,154.70
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $80.90 – $140.47
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $80.90 – $140.47
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,852.68 $83.05 – $396.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,679.86 $66.47 – $484.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $4,603.28 $83.05 – $403.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,852.68 $83.05 – $396.15

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