Below knee suction socket 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.

$954.36 with Oscar vs $7,490.84 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 $954.36
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $973.84
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $973.84
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $973.84
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $973.84
CHC Harris Health Indigent $973.84
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $973.84
BCBS MCRPPO $973.84
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $973.84
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $973.84
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $973.84
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $973.84
Devoted Health MGMCR $973.84
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $973.84
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $973.84
WellMed MGMCR $978.71
Aetna MCR $982.12
Van Lang IPA MCR $983.58
United MCR $993.32
WellCare MCRHMO $1,003.06
WellCare PFFS $1,003.06
WellCare POS $1,003.06
WellCare PPO $1,003.06
WellCare SNP $1,003.06
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $1,003.06
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $1,022.53
American Health Plan MGMCR $1,022.53
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $1,022.53
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $1,022.53
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $1,022.53
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $1,022.53
Superior Health Plan PFFS $1,022.53
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $1,022.53
Shared Health MGMCR $1,022.53
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $1,032.27
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $1,032.27
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $1,032.27
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $1,032.27
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $1,032.27
Molina MGMCR $1,061.49
Verda Health Plan MCR $1,265.99
Superior ValueHMO $1,412.07
Community Health Choice HIX $1,412.07
Superior EPO $1,509.45
Superior HMO $1,509.45
Molina Healthcare HIX $2,093.76
Humana HMO $7,490.84
Humana PPO $7,490.84

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Below knee suction socket at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $954.36 – $2,093.76
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $954.36 – $2,093.76
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $954.36 – $2,093.76
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $954.36 – $2,093.76
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $954.36 – $2,093.76
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $954.36 – $2,093.76
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $954.36 – $2,093.76
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $954.36 – $2,093.76

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