Aquaporin-4 antibody elisa 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

$384.94

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$384.94

Gross charge

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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.

$9.69 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $173.22 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

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 CHIP $9.69 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $9.69 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $9.69 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $9.69 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $9.69 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $9.69 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $9.88 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $10.47 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $10.66 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $10.66 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $10.66 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $10.66 ↓ -97%
Oscar MGMCR $11.30 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $11.53 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $11.53 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.53 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $11.53 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.53 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $11.53 ↓ -97%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $11.53 ↓ -97%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $11.53 ↓ -97%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.53 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $11.53 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $11.53 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $11.53 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $11.53 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $11.53 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $11.53 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $11.59 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $11.63 ↓ -97%
Van Lang IPA MCR $11.65 ↓ -97%
United MCR $11.76 ↓ -97%
WellCare POS $11.88 ↓ -97%
WellCare PPO $11.88 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCRHMO $11.88 ↓ -97%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $11.88 ↓ -97%
WellCare PFFS $11.88 ↓ -97%
WellCare SNP $11.88 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $12.11 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $12.11 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MGMCR $12.11 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $12.11 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $12.11 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $12.11 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $12.11 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $12.11 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $12.11 ↓ -97%
Shared Health MGMCR $12.11 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $12.22 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $12.22 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $12.22 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $12.22 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $12.22 ↓ -97%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $12.48 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $12.48 ↓ -97%
Molina MGMCR $12.57 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MCR $14.99 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice HIX $16.72 ↓ -96%
Superior ValueHMO $16.72 ↓ -96%
Superior HMO $17.87 ↓ -95%
Superior EPO $17.87 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $23.10 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $23.10 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $23.10 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $23.10 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $23.10 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $23.29 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare HIX $24.79 ↓ -94%
BCBS BAV $25.71 ↓ -93%
BCBS HMO $32.17 ↓ -92%
Oscar HIX $33.32 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $34.47 ↓ -91%
BCBS PPO $36.78 ↓ -90%
Cigna CSN $47.41 ↓ -88%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $51.36 ↓ -87%
Cigna PPO $61.10 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $64.67 ↓ -83%
Aetna QHPExchange $86.23 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $98.16 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $105.09 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBHMO $105.09 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $105.09 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $105.09 ↓ -73%
Aetna COMMPOS $111.25 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPPO $111.25 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMHMO $111.25 ↓ -71%
Humana HMO $122.83 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $122.83 ↓ -68%
Aetna OONPOS $131.26 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONHMO $131.26 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONPPO $131.26 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $134.73 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $140.12 ↓ -64%
Aetna ASAPPO $141.66 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAHMO $141.66 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPOS $141.66 ↓ -63%
United GlobalAppendix $173.22 ↓ -55%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Aquaporin-4 antibody elisa at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $9.69 – $47.41
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $9.50 – $47.41
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $232.50 $9.69 – $290.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $232.50 $12.00 – $348.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $232.50 $9.69 – $290.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $232.50 $9.69 – $290.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $232.50 $10.37 – $348.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $232.50 $8.00 – $348.75

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