X-ray exam of teeth at HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL
5003 CYPRESS CREEK PKWY, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1750819025
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Cash price 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 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.
$39.43 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $964.79 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $39.43 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $39.43 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $39.43 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $39.43 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $40.22 | — |
| Texas Childrens Healthplans | MEDICAID | $40.76 | — |
| Texas Childrens Healthplans | CHIP | $40.76 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $42.58 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $44.84 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $44.84 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $44.84 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $44.84 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $50.95 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $115.06 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $124.52 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $148.02 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $180.96 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $240.52 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $240.52 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $240.52 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $255.86 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $255.86 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $255.86 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $300.84 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $300.84 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $300.84 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $325.12 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $325.12 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $325.12 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $410.15 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $437.25 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $508.58 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $508.58 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $517.79 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $517.79 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $519.68 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $792.34 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $878.56 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $964.79 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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X-ray exam of teeth at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $39.43 – $410.15 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $39.43 – $410.15 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $152.17 | $40.76 – $607.02 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $385.39 | $79.33 – $607.02 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $425.96 | $40.76 – $607.02 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $152.17 | $40.76 – $607.02 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $385.39 | $43.61 – $607.02 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $385.39 | $40.76 – $607.02 |