X-ray skull > 4 views complete 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.
$44.78 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,740.10 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.
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 | $44.78 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $44.78 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $44.78 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $44.78 | — |
| Texas Childrens Healthplans | MEDICAID | $44.78 | — |
| Texas Childrens Healthplans | CHIP | $44.78 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $45.68 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $48.36 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $49.26 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $49.26 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $49.26 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $49.26 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $55.98 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $113.85 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $123.22 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $146.47 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $186.98 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $197.26 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $207.04 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $232.01 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $232.01 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $232.01 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $232.01 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $232.01 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $245.18 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $245.18 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $248.52 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $248.52 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $248.52 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $249.94 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $264.36 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $264.36 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $264.36 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $310.85 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $310.85 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $310.85 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $335.94 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $335.94 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $335.94 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $381.07 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $422.54 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $464.01 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $489.99 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $489.99 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $649.64 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $986.06 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $1,055.66 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,353.41 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,407.55 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,546.76 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,546.76 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,740.10 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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X-ray skull > 4 views complete at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $537.25 | $44.78 – $1,535.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $537.25 | $44.78 – $1,535.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $44.78 – $197.26 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $43.88 – $197.26 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $350.76 | $44.78 – $438.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $440.90 | $90.75 – $661.35 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $449.72 | $44.78 – $562.15 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $350.76 | $44.78 – $438.45 |