Assay rbc glutathione 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.

$7.93 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $126.16 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 CHIP $7.93
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $7.93
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $7.93
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $7.93
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $7.93
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $7.93
United MGMCD $8.09
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $8.56
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $8.72
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $8.72
Molina Healthcare CHIP $8.72
Molina Healthcare STAR $8.72
Oscar MGMCR $9.25
United SmallGroup $9.44
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.44
United AllPayerAppendix $9.44
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $9.44
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.44
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $9.44
Devoted Health MGMCR $9.44
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $9.44
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $9.44
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $9.44
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $9.44
CHC Harris Health Indigent $9.44
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.44
BCBS MCRPPO $9.44
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $9.44
WellMed MGMCR $9.49
Aetna MCR $9.52
Van Lang IPA MCR $9.53
United MCR $9.63
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $9.72
WellCare PPO $9.72
WellCare SNP $9.72
WellCare POS $9.72
WellCare MCRHMO $9.72
WellCare PFFS $9.72
American Health Plan MGMCR $9.91
Superior Health Plan PFFS $9.91
Humana MCD $9.91
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $9.91
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $9.91
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $9.91
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $9.91
Shared Health MGMCR $9.91
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $9.91
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $9.91
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $10.01
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $10.01
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $10.01
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $10.01
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $10.01
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $10.22
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $10.22
Molina MGMCR $10.29
Verda Health Plan MCR $12.27
Superior ValueHMO $13.69
Community Health Choice HIX $13.69
Superior EPO $14.63
Superior HMO $14.63
BCBS MyBlueHealth $19.07
Molina Healthcare HIX $20.30
BCBS BAV $21.05
BCBS HMO $26.34
Oscar HIX $27.28
BCBS EPOSOA $28.23
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $28.33
BCBS PPO $30.11
Aetna QHPExchange $34.56
Cigna CSN $39.01
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $42.26
Aetna NBPOS $45.96
Aetna NBHMO $45.96
Aetna NBPPO $45.96
Aetna COMMHMO $48.83
Aetna COMMPPO $48.83
Aetna COMMPOS $48.83
Cigna PPO $50.28
Aetna OONPOS $57.36
Aetna OONPPO $57.36
Aetna OONHMO $57.36
Aetna ASAPOS $62.02
Aetna ASAPPO $62.02
Aetna ASAHMO $62.02
Humana HMO $126.16
Humana PPO $126.16
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