X-ray hand 2 views (both sides) 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.

$31.41 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $823.68 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 $31.41
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $31.41
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $31.41
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $31.41
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $31.74
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $31.74
United MGMCD $32.04
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $33.92
Molina Healthcare CHIP $34.91
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $34.91
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $34.91
Molina Healthcare STAR $34.91
Humana MCD $39.67
Cigna CSN $84.71
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $91.68
Cigna PPO $108.98
Superior Health Plan CHIP $109.82
Superior Health Plan STAR $109.82
Superior Health Plan STARKids $109.82
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $109.82
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $109.82
Aetna QHPExchange $137.21
Aetna NBHMO $182.37
Aetna NBPOS $182.37
Aetna NBPPO $182.37
Aetna COMMHMO $193.99
Aetna COMMPOS $193.99
Aetna COMMPPO $193.99
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
Aetna OONPPO $228.10
Aetna OONPOS $228.10
Aetna OONHMO $228.10
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
United SmallGroup $245.18
Aetna ASAPPO $246.51
Aetna ASAPOS $246.51
Aetna ASAHMO $246.51
BCBS BAV $249.94
United OptionsPPO $307.51
Humana PPO $347.02
Humana HMO $347.02
BCBS HMO $381.07
BCBS EPOSOA $422.54
BCBS PPO $464.01
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $466.75
Evry Health BroadNetwork $499.70
BCBS Traditional $640.64
Coventry National First Health COMM $666.26
Curative Administrators COMM $732.16
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $732.16
United GlobalAppendix $823.68

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X-ray hand 2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $329.00 $31.41 – $940.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $329.00 $31.41 – $940.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $31.41 – $197.26
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $31.11 – $197.26
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $495.15 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $318.00 $31.74 – $397.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $356.60 $73.40 – $534.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $342.93 $31.74 – $428.66

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