Amino acid single qual 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.

$11.91 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $185.35 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $11.91
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $11.91
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $11.91
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $11.91
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $11.91
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $11.91
United MGMCD $12.15
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $12.86
Molina Healthcare CHIP $13.10
Molina Healthcare STAR $13.10
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $13.10
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $13.10
Oscar MGMCR $13.90
United SmallGroup $14.18
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.18
United AllPayerAppendix $14.18
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $14.18
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.18
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $14.18
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.18
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $14.18
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $14.18
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.18
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.18
CHC Harris Health Indigent $14.18
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.18
BCBS MCRPPO $14.18
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $14.18
WellMed MGMCR $14.25
Aetna MCR $14.30
Van Lang IPA MCR $14.32
United MCR $14.46
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $14.61
WellCare PPO $14.61
WellCare SNP $14.61
WellCare POS $14.61
WellCare MCRHMO $14.61
WellCare PFFS $14.61
American Health Plan MGMCR $14.89
Superior Health Plan PFFS $14.89
Humana MCD $14.89
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $14.89
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $14.89
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $14.89
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $14.89
Shared Health MGMCR $14.89
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $14.89
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $14.89
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $15.03
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $15.03
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $15.03
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $15.03
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $15.03
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $15.35
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $15.35
Molina MGMCR $15.46
Verda Health Plan MCR $18.43
Community Health Choice HIX $20.56
Superior ValueHMO $20.56
Superior EPO $21.98
Superior HMO $21.98
BCBS MyBlueHealth $28.64
Molina Healthcare HIX $30.49
BCBS BAV $31.62
BCBS HMO $39.56
Oscar HIX $40.98
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $41.62
BCBS EPOSOA $42.40
BCBS PPO $45.23
Aetna QHPExchange $51.96
Cigna CSN $58.54
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $63.41
Aetna NBPOS $69.10
Aetna NBHMO $69.10
Aetna NBPPO $69.10
Aetna COMMHMO $73.41
Aetna COMMPPO $73.41
Aetna COMMPOS $73.41
Cigna PPO $75.44
Aetna OONPOS $86.24
Aetna OONHMO $86.24
Aetna OONPPO $86.24
Aetna ASAHMO $93.25
Aetna ASAPOS $93.25
Aetna ASAPPO $93.25
Humana HMO $185.35
Humana PPO $185.35
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