X-ray abdomen complete acute series including spine erect and/or decubitus single view chest 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.

$50.13 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,527.14 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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $50.13
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $50.13
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $50.13
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $50.13
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $50.13
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $50.13
United MGMCD $51.13
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $54.14
Molina Healthcare CHIP $55.14
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $55.14
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $55.14
Molina Healthcare STAR $55.14
Humana MCD $62.66
Cigna CSN $125.99
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $136.35
Cigna PPO $162.09
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26
Superior Health Plan CHIP $203.62
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $203.62
Superior Health Plan STAR $203.62
Superior Health Plan STARKids $203.62
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $203.62
Aetna QHPExchange $206.88
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
United SmallGroup $245.18
BCBS BAV $249.94
Aetna NBHMO $274.96
Aetna NBPOS $274.96
Aetna NBPPO $274.96
Aetna COMMPPO $292.49
Aetna COMMHMO $292.49
Aetna COMMPOS $292.49
Aetna OONHMO $343.92
Aetna OONPPO $343.92
Aetna OONPOS $343.92
Aetna ASAPPO $371.68
Aetna ASAHMO $371.68
Aetna ASAPOS $371.68
BCBS HMO $381.07
BCBS EPOSOA $422.54
BCBS PPO $464.01
Humana PPO $496.06
Humana HMO $496.06
United OptionsPPO $570.13
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $865.38
Evry Health BroadNetwork $926.46
BCBS Traditional $1,187.77
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,235.28
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,357.46
Curative Administrators COMM $1,357.46
United GlobalAppendix $1,527.14

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X-ray abdomen complete acute series including spine erect and/or decubitus single view chest at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $552.30 $50.13 – $1,578.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $552.30 $50.13 – $1,578.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $50.13 – $206.88
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $49.13 – $206.88
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $920.90 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $418.63 $50.13 – $523.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $418.63 $86.17 – $627.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $468.03 $50.13 – $585.04

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