Application multi layer compression below knee (both sides) 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.

$51.75 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $4,690.00 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
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $51.75
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $51.75
Molina Healthcare CHIP $56.93
Molina Healthcare STAR $56.93
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $56.93
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $56.93
United MGMCD $60.61
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $63.26
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $63.26
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $63.26
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $63.26
Humana MCD $64.69
Superior Health Plan CHIP $70.16
Superior Health Plan STARKids $70.16
Superior Health Plan STAR $70.16
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $70.16
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $70.16
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $71.30
BCBS MyBlueHealth $190.59
United OptionsPPO $196.43
BCBS BAV $210.47
BCBS HMO $263.08
BCBS EPOSOA $268.93
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $298.16
Evry Health BroadNetwork $319.21
Aetna NBPPO $319.21
Aetna NBHMO $319.21
Aetna NBPOS $319.21
Aetna COMMHMO $337.91
Aetna COMMPPO $337.91
Aetna COMMPOS $337.91
Aetna OONHMO $398.71
Aetna OONPOS $398.71
Aetna OONPPO $398.71
BCBS Traditional $409.24
Coventry National First Health COMM $425.61
Aetna ASAPPO $430.28
Aetna ASAPOS $430.28
Aetna ASAHMO $430.28
Curative Administrators COMM $467.70
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $467.70
United GlobalAppendix $526.16
BCBS PPO $567.67
United SmallGroup $1,120.00
United AllPayerAppendix $1,600.00
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

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Application multi layer compression below knee (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $359.10 $277.02 – $1,026.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $359.10 $277.02 – $1,026.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $56.93 – $487.93
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $50.71 – $487.93
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $673.45 $84.48 – $4,826.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $491.36 $51.75 – $614.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $458.33 $55.37 – $687.49
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $431.32 $51.75 – $539.14

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