Axillary crutch extension 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.

$222.05 with Oscar vs $1,742.78 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
Oscar MGMCR $222.05
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $226.58
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $226.58
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $226.58
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $226.58
CHC Harris Health Indigent $226.58
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $226.58
BCBS MCRPPO $226.58
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $226.58
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $226.58
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $226.58
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $226.58
Devoted Health MGMCR $226.58
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $226.58
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $226.58
WellMed MGMCR $227.71
Aetna MCR $228.51
Van Lang IPA MCR $228.85
United MCR $231.11
WellCare MCRHMO $233.38
WellCare PFFS $233.38
WellCare POS $233.38
WellCare PPO $233.38
WellCare SNP $233.38
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $233.38
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $237.91
American Health Plan MGMCR $237.91
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $237.91
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $237.91
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $237.91
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $237.91
Superior Health Plan PFFS $237.91
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $237.91
Shared Health MGMCR $237.91
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $240.17
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $240.17
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $240.17
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $240.17
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $240.17
Molina MGMCR $246.97
Verda Health Plan MCR $294.55
Superior ValueHMO $328.54
Community Health Choice HIX $328.54
Superior EPO $351.20
Superior HMO $351.20
Molina Healthcare HIX $487.15
Humana HMO $1,742.78
Humana PPO $1,742.78

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Axillary crutch extension at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $222.05 – $487.15
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $222.05 – $487.15
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $222.05 – $487.15
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $222.05 – $487.15
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $222.05 – $487.15
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $222.05 – $487.15
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $222.05 – $487.15
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $222.05 – $487.15

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