Ak/knee disartic pelvic band 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.

$96.31 with Oscar vs $756.02 with Humana — 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
Oscar MGMCR $96.31
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $98.28
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $98.28
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $98.28
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $98.28
CHC Harris Health Indigent $98.28
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $98.28
BCBS MCRPPO $98.28
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $98.28
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $98.28
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $98.28
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $98.28
Devoted Health MGMCR $98.28
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $98.28
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $98.28
WellMed MGMCR $98.77
Aetna MCR $99.12
Van Lang IPA MCR $99.26
United MCR $100.25
WellCare MCRHMO $101.23
WellCare PFFS $101.23
WellCare POS $101.23
WellCare PPO $101.23
WellCare SNP $101.23
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $101.23
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $103.19
American Health Plan MGMCR $103.19
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $103.19
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $103.19
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $103.19
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $103.19
Superior Health Plan PFFS $103.19
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $103.19
Shared Health MGMCR $103.19
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $104.18
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $104.18
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $104.18
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $104.18
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $104.18
Molina MGMCR $107.13
Verda Health Plan MCR $127.76
Superior ValueHMO $142.51
Community Health Choice HIX $142.51
Superior EPO $152.33
Superior HMO $152.33
Molina Healthcare HIX $211.30
Humana HMO $756.02
Humana PPO $756.02

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Ak/knee disartic pelvic band at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $96.31 – $211.30
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $96.31 – $211.30
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $96.31 – $211.30
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $96.31 – $211.30
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $96.31 – $211.30
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $96.31 – $211.30
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $96.31 – $211.30
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $96.31 – $211.30

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