X-ray sternoclavicular joint(s) > 3 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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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.

$41.44 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $996.80 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 $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 $112.61
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $121.87
Superior Health Plan STARKids $132.91
Superior Health Plan CHIP $132.91
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $132.91
Superior Health Plan STAR $132.91
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $132.91
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47
Cigna PPO $144.87
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
BCBS BAV $177.98
United SmallGroup $182.03
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Aetna QHPExchange $185.00
Aetna NBHMO $245.88
Aetna NBPOS $245.88
Aetna NBPPO $245.88
Aetna COMMHMO $261.56
Aetna COMMPPO $261.56
Aetna COMMPOS $261.56
BCBS HMO $271.35
BCBS EPOSOA $300.88
Aetna OONPPO $307.55
Aetna OONHMO $307.55
Aetna OONPOS $307.55
BCBS PPO $330.41
Aetna ASAPOS $332.37
Aetna ASAHMO $332.37
Aetna ASAPPO $332.37
United OptionsPPO $372.14
Humana PPO $433.87
Humana HMO $433.87
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $564.85
Evry Health BroadNetwork $604.73
BCBS Traditional $775.29
Coventry National First Health COMM $806.30
Curative Administrators COMM $886.04
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $886.04
United GlobalAppendix $996.80

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X-ray sternoclavicular joint(s) > 3 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $414.40 $41.44 – $1,184.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $2,258.00 $40.61 – $185.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $414.40 $41.44 – $1,184.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $41.44 – $185.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $218.48 $41.44 – $273.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $218.48 $44.97 – $327.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $221.11 $41.44 – $276.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $218.48 $41.44 – $273.10

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