#acylcarnitineprfl 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

$962.37

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.

$962.37

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.

$14.17 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $433.07 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 CHIP $14.17 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $14.17 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $14.17 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $14.17 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $14.17 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $14.17 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $14.45 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $15.30 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $15.59 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $15.59 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $15.59 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $15.59 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $16.53 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.87 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $16.87 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.87 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.87 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.87 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $16.87 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $16.87 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $16.87 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.87 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $16.87 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $16.87 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $16.87 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $16.87 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $16.87 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $16.87 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $16.95 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $17.01 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $17.04 ↓ -98%
United MCR $17.21 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $17.38 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $17.38 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $17.38 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $17.38 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $17.38 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $17.38 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $17.71 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $17.71 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $17.71 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $17.71 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $17.71 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $17.71 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $17.71 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $17.71 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $17.71 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $17.71 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $17.88 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $17.88 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $17.88 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $17.88 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $17.88 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $18.26 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $18.26 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $18.39 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $21.93 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $24.46 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice HIX $24.46 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $26.15 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $26.15 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $34.08 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $36.27 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $37.62 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $47.07 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $48.75 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $50.44 ↓ -95%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $50.61 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $53.82 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $57.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $57.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $57.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $57.74 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $57.74 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $61.79 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $69.71 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $75.51 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBHMO $82.18 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPPO $82.18 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBPOS $82.18 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMHMO $87.30 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPPO $87.30 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPOS $87.30 ↓ -91%
Cigna PPO $89.84 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPOS $102.56 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONPPO $102.56 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONHMO $102.56 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAHMO $110.89 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAPOS $110.89 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAPPO $110.89 ↓ -88%
United OptionsPPO $161.68 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $225.38 ↓ -77%
Humana PPO $225.38 ↓ -77%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $262.73 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $336.83 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $350.30 ↓ -64%
United GlobalAppendix $433.07 ↓ -55%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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#acylcarnitineprfl at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $14.17 – $69.71
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $13.89 – $69.71
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $300.00 $10.00 – $260.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $300.00 $12.00 – $252.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $300.00 $12.00 – $204.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $300.00 $10.00 – $260.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $300.00 $12.00 – $252.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $300.00 $8.00 – $252.34

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