Assay of salicylate 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

$773.78

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$773.78

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.

$15.66 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $348.20 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
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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 $15.66 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $15.66 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $15.66 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $15.66 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $15.66 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $15.66 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $15.97 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $16.91 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $17.23 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $17.23 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $17.23 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $17.23 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $18.27 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $18.64 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $18.64 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $18.64 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.64 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $18.64 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $18.64 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $18.64 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $18.64 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $18.64 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $18.64 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $18.64 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $18.64 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $18.64 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $18.64 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $18.64 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $18.73 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $18.80 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $18.83 ↓ -98%
United MCR $19.01 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $19.20 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $19.20 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $19.20 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $19.20 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $19.20 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $19.20 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $19.57 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $19.57 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MGMCR $19.57 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $19.57 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $19.57 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $19.57 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $19.57 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $19.57 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $19.57 ↓ -97%
Shared Health MGMCR $19.57 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $19.76 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $19.76 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $19.76 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $19.76 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $19.76 ↓ -97%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $20.17 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $20.17 ↓ -97%
Molina MGMCR $20.32 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MCR $24.23 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $27.03 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice HIX $27.03 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $28.89 ↓ -96%
Superior HMO $28.89 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $37.65 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare HIX $40.08 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $41.57 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $46.43 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $46.43 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $46.43 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $46.43 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $46.43 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $52.01 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $53.87 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $55.73 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $59.46 ↓ -92%
Cigna CSN $76.68 ↓ -90%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $83.06 ↓ -89%
Cigna PPO $98.82 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $130.00 ↓ -83%
Aetna QHPExchange $173.33 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $197.31 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $211.24 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBHMO $211.24 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $211.24 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $211.24 ↓ -73%
Aetna COMMPOS $223.62 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPPO $223.62 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMHMO $223.62 ↓ -71%
Humana HMO $246.91 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $246.91 ↓ -68%
Aetna OONPOS $263.86 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONHMO $263.86 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONPPO $263.86 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $270.82 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $281.66 ↓ -64%
Aetna ASAPPO $284.75 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAHMO $284.75 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPOS $284.75 ↓ -63%
United GlobalAppendix $348.20 ↓ -55%
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HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $896.78 $15.66 – $76.68
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