X-ray small bowel multi serial images abdominal radiographs(s)&delayed images single contrast study 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

$5,417.92

Cash price

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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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$5,417.92

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.

$121.96 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $2,438.06 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
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $121.96 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $121.96 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $124.30 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $124.30 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $124.30 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $124.30 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $126.79 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $134.16 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $134.16 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $134.16 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $134.16 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $134.24 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $152.45 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $312.87 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $320.71 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $325.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $325.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $325.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $325.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $325.08 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $338.60 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $339.25 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $401.74 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $401.74 ↓ -93%
Cigna PPO $402.50 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $406.35 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $521.58 ↓ -90%
BCBS HMO $619.55 ↓ -89%
BCBS EPOSOA $686.97 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBHMO $693.23 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPOS $693.23 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPPO $693.23 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPPO $737.44 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMPOS $737.44 ↓ -86%
Aetna COMMHMO $737.44 ↓ -86%
BCBS PPO $754.39 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONHMO $867.10 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONPPO $867.10 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONPOS $867.10 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $910.21 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAHMO $937.08 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPPO $937.08 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPOS $937.08 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,381.57 ↓ -74%
Humana PPO $1,397.11 ↓ -74%
Humana HMO $1,397.11 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,479.09 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $1,896.27 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,972.12 ↓ -64%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,167.17 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,167.17 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $2,438.06 ↓ -55%

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X-ray small bowel multi serial images abdominal radiographs(s)&delayed images single contrast study at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $676.20 $121.96 – $1,932.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $676.20 $121.96 – $1,932.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $124.30 – $521.58
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $119.52 – $521.58
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $561.67 $121.96 – $702.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $520.69 $107.18 – $781.04
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $602.88 $121.96 – $753.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $561.67 $121.96 – $702.09

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