Assay acid phosphatase 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.

$6.42 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $98.68 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 $6.42
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $6.42
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $6.42
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $6.42
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $6.42
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $6.42
United MGMCD $6.55
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $6.93
Molina Healthcare CHIP $7.06
Molina Healthcare STAR $7.06
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $7.06
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $7.06
Oscar MGMCR $7.49
United SmallGroup $7.64
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $7.64
United AllPayerAppendix $7.64
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $7.64
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $7.64
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $7.64
Devoted Health MGMCR $7.64
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $7.64
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $7.64
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $7.64
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $7.64
CHC Harris Health Indigent $7.64
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $7.64
BCBS MCRPPO $7.64
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $7.64
WellMed MGMCR $7.68
Aetna MCR $7.70
Van Lang IPA MCR $7.72
United MCR $7.79
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $7.87
WellCare PPO $7.87
WellCare SNP $7.87
WellCare POS $7.87
WellCare MCRHMO $7.87
WellCare PFFS $7.87
American Health Plan MGMCR $8.02
Superior Health Plan PFFS $8.02
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $8.02
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $8.02
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $8.02
Shared Health MGMCR $8.02
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $8.02
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $8.02
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $8.02
Humana MCD $8.03
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $8.10
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $8.10
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $8.10
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $8.10
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $8.10
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.27
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $8.27
Molina MGMCR $8.33
Verda Health Plan MCR $9.93
Community Health Choice HIX $11.08
Superior ValueHMO $11.08
Superior EPO $11.84
Superior HMO $11.84
BCBS MyBlueHealth $15.43
Molina Healthcare HIX $16.43
BCBS BAV $17.04
BCBS HMO $21.32
Oscar HIX $22.08
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $22.16
BCBS EPOSOA $22.84
BCBS PPO $24.37
Aetna QHPExchange $28.00
Cigna CSN $32.04
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $34.71
Aetna NBPOS $37.24
Aetna NBHMO $37.24
Aetna NBPPO $37.24
Aetna COMMHMO $39.57
Aetna COMMPPO $39.57
Aetna COMMPOS $39.57
Cigna PPO $41.29
Aetna OONPOS $46.48
Aetna OONHMO $46.48
Aetna OONPPO $46.48
Aetna ASAHMO $50.26
Aetna ASAPOS $50.26
Aetna ASAPPO $50.26
Humana HMO $98.68
Humana PPO $98.68
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Assay acid phosphatase at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $6.42 – $32.04
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $6.29 – $32.04
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $214.20 $6.42 – $267.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $214.20 $11.20 – $106.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $214.20 $6.42 – $84.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $214.20 $6.42 – $267.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $214.20 $6.87 – $106.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $214.20 $6.42 – $106.78

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