X-ray toe(s) > 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.

$29.40 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $834.68 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 $29.40
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $29.40
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $29.40
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $29.40
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $29.40
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $29.40
United MGMCD $29.99
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $31.75
Molina Healthcare CHIP $32.34
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $32.34
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $32.34
Molina Healthcare STAR $32.34
Humana MCD $36.75
Cigna CSN $83.51
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $90.37
Cigna PPO $107.43
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $111.29
Superior Health Plan CHIP $111.29
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $111.29
Superior Health Plan STAR $111.29
Superior Health Plan STARKids $111.29
Aetna QHPExchange $135.16
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
BCBS BAV $177.98
Aetna NBHMO $179.64
Aetna NBPOS $179.64
Aetna NBPPO $179.64
United SmallGroup $182.03
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
Aetna COMMPPO $191.09
Aetna COMMHMO $191.09
Aetna COMMPOS $191.09
Aetna OONHMO $224.69
Aetna OONPPO $224.69
Aetna OONPOS $224.69
Aetna ASAPPO $242.82
Aetna ASAHMO $242.82
Aetna ASAPOS $242.82
BCBS HMO $271.35
BCBS EPOSOA $300.88
United OptionsPPO $311.61
BCBS PPO $330.41
Humana PPO $378.12
Humana HMO $378.12
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $472.98
Evry Health BroadNetwork $506.37
BCBS Traditional $649.19
Coventry National First Health COMM $675.16
Curative Administrators COMM $741.94
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $741.94
United GlobalAppendix $834.68

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X-ray toe(s) > 2 views (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $258.65 $29.40 – $739.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $258.65 $29.40 – $739.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $29.40 – $140.47
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $28.81 – $140.47
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $540.58 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $191.86 $29.40 – $239.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $271.84 $55.95 – $407.76
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $333.33 $29.40 – $416.66

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