Assay toxin or antitoxin 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.

$16.58 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $263.68 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 $16.58
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $16.58
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $16.58
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $16.58
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $16.58
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $16.58
United MGMCD $16.91
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $17.91
Molina Healthcare CHIP $18.24
Molina Healthcare STAR $18.24
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $18.24
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $18.24
Oscar MGMCR $19.35
United SmallGroup $19.74
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $19.74
United AllPayerAppendix $19.74
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $19.74
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $19.74
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $19.74
Devoted Health MGMCR $19.74
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $19.74
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $19.74
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $19.74
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $19.74
CHC Harris Health Indigent $19.74
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $19.74
BCBS MCRPPO $19.74
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $19.74
WellMed MGMCR $19.84
Aetna MCR $19.91
Van Lang IPA MCR $19.94
United MCR $20.13
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $20.33
WellCare PPO $20.33
WellCare SNP $20.33
WellCare POS $20.33
WellCare MCRHMO $20.33
WellCare PFFS $20.33
Humana MCD $20.72
Superior Health Plan PFFS $20.73
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $20.73
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $20.73
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $20.73
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $20.73
Shared Health MGMCR $20.73
American Health Plan MGMCR $20.73
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $20.73
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $20.73
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $20.92
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $20.92
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $20.92
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $20.92
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $20.92
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $21.36
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $21.36
Molina MGMCR $21.52
Verda Health Plan MCR $25.66
Community Health Choice HIX $28.62
Superior ValueHMO $28.62
Superior EPO $30.60
Superior HMO $30.60
BCBS MyBlueHealth $39.87
Molina Healthcare HIX $42.44
BCBS BAV $44.02
BCBS HMO $55.07
Oscar HIX $57.05
BCBS EPOSOA $59.02
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $59.22
BCBS PPO $62.97
Aetna QHPExchange $72.30
Cigna CSN $80.84
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $87.56
Aetna NBPOS $96.15
Aetna NBHMO $96.15
Aetna NBPPO $96.15
Aetna COMMHMO $102.15
Aetna COMMPPO $102.15
Aetna COMMPOS $102.15
Cigna PPO $104.18
Aetna OONPOS $120.00
Aetna OONHMO $120.00
Aetna OONPPO $120.00
Aetna ASAHMO $129.75
Aetna ASAPOS $129.75
Aetna ASAPPO $129.75
Humana HMO $263.68
Humana PPO $263.68
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Assay toxin or antitoxin at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $144.20 $14.21 – $412.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $144.20 $14.21 – $412.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $16.58 – $80.84
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $16.25 – $80.84
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $286.55 $10.00 – $358.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $88.84 $12.00 – $133.26
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