Vein x-ray liver w/hemodynam 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.

$136.66 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $11,473.10 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 $136.66
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $136.66
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $136.66
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $136.66
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $136.66
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $136.66
United MGMCD $139.39
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $147.59
Molina Healthcare CHIP $150.33
Molina Healthcare STAR $150.33
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $150.33
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $150.33
Humana MCD $170.82
Cigna CSN $262.88
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $284.50
Cigna PPO $338.19
Aetna QHPExchange $426.00
Aetna NBPPO $566.20
Aetna NBPOS $566.20
Aetna NBHMO $566.20
Aetna COMMPPO $602.30
Aetna COMMPOS $602.30
Aetna COMMHMO $602.30
Aetna OONPPO $708.20
Aetna OONHMO $708.20
Aetna OONPOS $708.20
Aetna ASAPPO $765.36
Aetna ASAHMO $765.36
Aetna ASAPOS $765.36
Humana HMO $1,546.15
Humana PPO $1,546.15
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,877.45
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5,437.15
BCBS BAV $6,179.95
United AllPayerAppendix $6,438.74
United SmallGroup $6,438.74
BCBS HMO $9,422.35
BCBS EPOSOA $10,447.73
BCBS PPO $11,473.10

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Vein x-ray liver w/hemodynam at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $2,454.89 $136.66 – $4,877.45
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $3,288.25 $136.66 – $9,395.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $11,780.00 $133.93 – $4,877.45
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $3,288.25 $136.66 – $9,395.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,376.74 $136.66 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,396.72 $493.32 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,330.14 $136.66 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,376.74 $136.66 – $7,896.23

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