Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium 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

$550.38

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.

$550.38

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.

$33.02 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,702.00 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
Superior Health Plan STAR $33.02 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $33.02 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $33.02 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $33.02 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $33.02 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $71.55 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $71.55 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $71.55 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $71.55 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $81.46 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $88.06 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $92.46 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $104.57 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $107.32 ↓ -81%
Aetna QHPExchange $123.29 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $140.35 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $150.25 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBHMO $150.25 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $150.25 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $150.25 ↓ -73%
Aetna COMMPOS $159.06 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPPO $159.06 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMHMO $159.06 ↓ -71%
Humana PPO $175.63 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $175.63 ↓ -68%
Aetna OONPPO $187.68 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONPOS $187.68 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONHMO $187.68 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $192.63 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $200.34 ↓ -64%
Aetna ASAHMO $202.54 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPOS $202.54 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPPO $202.54 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $220.15 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $220.15 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $247.67 ↓ -55%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $323.74 ↓ -41%
BCBS BAV $356.94 ↓ -35%
BCBS HMO $446.87 ↓ -19%
BCBS EPOSOA $455.17 ↓ -17%
BCBS PPO $463.47 ↓ -16%
United SmallGroup $1,120.00 ↑ +103%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,600.00 ↑ +191%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,702.00 ↑ +209%

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Ablation cardiac vagal inputs atrium at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $5,111.75 $100.00 – $9,343.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $5,111.75 $100.00 – $9,343.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $323.74 – $323.74
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $323.74 – $323.74
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $34,741.90 $0.00 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $34,741.90 $50.66 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $34,741.90 $45.84 – $386.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $34,741.90 $0.00 – $386.96

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