Albumin (microalbumin) 24 hour urine quantitative 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

$260.42

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.

$260.42

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.

$4.86 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $117.19 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 MEDICAID $4.86 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.86 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.86 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.86 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.86 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $4.86 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $4.96 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $5.25 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $5.35 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $5.35 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $5.35 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $5.35 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $5.66 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.78 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.78 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.78 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $5.78 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.78 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $5.78 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $5.78 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.78 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $5.78 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $5.78 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $5.78 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $5.78 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $5.78 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $5.78 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $5.78 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $5.81 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $5.83 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $5.84 ↓ -98%
United MCR $5.90 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $5.95 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $5.95 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $5.95 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $5.95 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $5.95 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $5.95 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $6.07 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $6.07 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $6.07 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $6.07 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $6.07 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $6.07 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $6.07 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $6.07 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $6.07 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $6.08 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $6.13 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $6.13 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $6.13 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $6.13 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $6.13 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $6.26 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $6.26 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $6.30 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $7.51 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice HIX $8.38 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $8.38 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $8.96 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $8.96 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11.68 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $12.43 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $12.89 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $15.63 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $15.63 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $15.63 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $15.63 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $15.63 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $16.13 ↓ -94%
Oscar HIX $16.70 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $17.28 ↓ -93%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $17.35 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $18.44 ↓ -93%
Aetna QHPExchange $21.16 ↓ -92%
Cigna CSN $23.69 ↓ -91%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $25.65 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBHMO $28.14 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBPOS $28.14 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBPPO $28.14 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPPO $29.90 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPOS $29.90 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMHMO $29.90 ↓ -89%
Cigna PPO $30.52 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONPPO $35.12 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPOS $35.12 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONHMO $35.12 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAPOS $37.97 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAHMO $37.97 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAPPO $37.97 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $43.75 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $71.09 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $77.25 ↓ -70%
Humana PPO $77.25 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $91.15 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $94.79 ↓ -64%
United GlobalAppendix $117.19 ↓ -55%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Albumin (microalbumin) 24 hour urine quantitative at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $75.60 $4.16 – $216.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $75.60 $4.16 – $216.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $4.86 – $23.69
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $4.76 – $23.69
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $223.41 $5.20 – $22.25
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $92.09 $4.05 – $13.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $79.98 $1.39 – $13.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $77.51 $4.86 – $13.87

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