Albumin, human 5 % intravenous solution at HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL
5003 CYPRESS CREEK PKWY, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1750819025
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Cash price 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 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.
$10.49 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $104.36 with Cigna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $10.49 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $10.49 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $10.49 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $10.49 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $10.62 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $10.62 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $10.70 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $11.33 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $17.52 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $17.52 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $17.52 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $24.38 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $26.87 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $33.59 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $33.59 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $33.59 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $51.19 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $68.07 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $68.07 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $68.07 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $72.32 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $72.32 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $72.32 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $80.95 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $84.96 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $84.96 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $84.96 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $87.64 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $91.86 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $91.86 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $91.86 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $102.17 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $102.17 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $104.36 | — |
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Albumin, human 5 % intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | $1,427.67 | $10.49 – $102.17 |
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $589.72 | $10.62 – $193.56 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $589.72 | $10.62 – $193.56 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $10.49 – $102.17 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | $1,384.38 | $10.49 – $102.17 |
| HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST | SPRING | $1,298.67 | $10.49 – $102.17 |
| St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital | Spring | $589.72 | $10.62 – $193.56 |
| St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | $589.72 | $10.62 – $193.56 |