X-ray hip with pelvis when performed bilateral 2 views 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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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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$41.44 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,232.42 with United — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $41.44
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $41.44
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $41.44
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $41.44
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $41.44
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $41.44
United MGMCD $42.27
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $44.76
Molina Healthcare CHIP $45.58
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $45.58
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $45.58
Molina Healthcare STAR $45.58
Humana MCD $51.80
Cigna CSN $111.40
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $120.56
Cigna PPO $143.32
Superior Health Plan STAR $164.32
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $164.32
Superior Health Plan CHIP $164.32
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $164.32
Superior Health Plan STARKids $164.32
Aetna QHPExchange $180.96
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
Aetna NBHMO $240.52
Aetna NBPOS $240.52
Aetna NBPPO $240.52
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
United SmallGroup $245.18
BCBS BAV $249.94
Aetna COMMPOS $255.86
Aetna COMMPPO $255.86
Aetna COMMHMO $255.86
Aetna OONPOS $300.84
Aetna OONPPO $300.84
Aetna OONHMO $300.84
Aetna ASAPPO $325.12
Aetna ASAHMO $325.12
Aetna ASAPOS $325.12
BCBS HMO $381.07
BCBS EPOSOA $422.54
Humana HMO $458.71
Humana PPO $458.71
United OptionsPPO $460.10
BCBS PPO $464.01
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $698.37
Evry Health BroadNetwork $747.67
BCBS Traditional $958.55
Coventry National First Health COMM $996.89
Curative Administrators COMM $1,095.49
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,095.49
United GlobalAppendix $1,232.42

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X-ray hip with pelvis when performed bilateral 2 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $487.90 $41.44 – $1,394.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $2,382.00 $40.61 – $197.26
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $487.90 $41.44 – $1,394.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $41.44 – $197.26
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $842.65 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $349.16 $41.44 – $436.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $382.98 $78.83 – $574.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $382.98 $41.44 – $478.73

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