Vein x-ray eye socket 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

$6,030.10

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.

$6,030.10

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.

$107.93 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $2,713.55 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 CHIP $107.93 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $107.93 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $108.59 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $108.59 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $108.59 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $108.59 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $110.76 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $117.28 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $118.72 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $118.72 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $118.72 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $118.72 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $134.91 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $272.57 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $294.98 ↓ -95%
Cigna PPO $350.65 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $361.81 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $361.81 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $361.81 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $361.81 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $361.81 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $443.92 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBHMO $590.01 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPOS $590.01 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPPO $590.01 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPPO $627.63 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMHMO $627.63 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPOS $627.63 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPOS $737.98 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONPPO $737.98 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONHMO $737.98 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAHMO $797.54 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAPPO $797.54 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAPOS $797.54 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $1,013.06 ↓ -83%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,029.08 ↓ -83%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,109.70 ↓ -82%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,218.65 ↓ -80%
United SmallGroup $1,218.65 ↓ -80%
BCBS BAV $1,406.04 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,537.68 ↓ -74%
Humana PPO $1,589.58 ↓ -74%
Humana HMO $1,589.58 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,646.22 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $2,110.53 ↓ -65%
BCBS HMO $2,143.73 ↓ -64%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,194.96 ↓ -64%
BCBS EPOSOA $2,377.02 ↓ -61%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,412.04 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,412.04 ↓ -60%
BCBS PPO $2,610.31 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $2,713.55 ↓ -55%

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Vein x-ray eye socket at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $108.59 – $1,109.70
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $105.77 – $1,109.70
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,128.41 $107.93 – $1,556.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,128.41 $107.93 – $1,556.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,128.41 $107.93 – $1,556.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $1,128.41 $107.93 – $1,556.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $1,128.41 $107.93 – $1,556.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE Rowlett $1,128.41 $107.93 – $1,556.23

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