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.

$123.63 with Texas Childrens Healthplans 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
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $123.63
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $123.63
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $123.96
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $123.96
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $123.96
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $123.96
United MGMCD $126.44
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $133.88
Molina Healthcare CHIP $135.99
Molina Healthcare STAR $135.99
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $135.99
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $135.99
Humana MCD $154.54
Cigna CSN $264.09
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $285.80
Cigna PPO $339.74
Aetna QHPExchange $429.97
Aetna NBPPO $571.47
Aetna NBPOS $571.47
Aetna NBHMO $571.47
Aetna COMMPPO $607.91
Aetna COMMPOS $607.91
Aetna COMMHMO $607.91
Aetna OONPPO $714.79
Aetna OONHMO $714.79
Aetna OONPOS $714.79
Aetna ASAPPO $772.49
Aetna ASAHMO $772.49
Aetna ASAPOS $772.49
Humana HMO $1,558.48
Humana PPO $1,558.48
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 $123.96 – $4,877.45
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $3,116.75 $123.63 – $8,905.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $3,116.75 $123.63 – $8,905.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $121.16 – $4,877.45
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,368.95 $123.63 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,368.95 $693.44 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $3,119.40 $123.63 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,368.95 $123.63 – $7,896.23

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