Application finger splntstatic 29130 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.
$95.72 with BCBS vs $5,841.00 with Healthcare Highways — 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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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $95.72 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $107.82 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $113.87 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $121.02 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $127.62 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $948.00 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,120.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,600.00 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,672.00 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,702.00 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,358.00 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $2,518.00 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $2,728.00 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $3,244.00 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $4,690.00 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $4,690.00 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $5,841.00 | — |
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Application finger splntstatic 29130 at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $246.05 | $77.33 – $703.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $246.05 | $56.24 – $703.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $112.77 – $112.77 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $95.72 – $134.32 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $735.49 | $68.76 – $4,826.69 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $319.57 | $90.54 – $399.46 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $302.39 | $62.24 – $453.59 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $358.57 | $71.00 – $448.21 |