Bile acids cholylglycine 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.

$22.33 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $355.00 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 $22.33
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $22.33
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $22.33
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $22.33
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $22.33
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $22.33
United MGMCD $22.78
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $24.12
Molina Healthcare CHIP $24.56
Molina Healthcare STAR $24.56
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $24.56
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $24.56
Oscar MGMCR $26.05
United SmallGroup $26.58
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $26.58
United AllPayerAppendix $26.58
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $26.58
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $26.58
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $26.58
Devoted Health MGMCR $26.58
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $26.58
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $26.58
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $26.58
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $26.58
CHC Harris Health Indigent $26.58
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $26.58
BCBS MCRPPO $26.58
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $26.58
WellMed MGMCR $26.71
Aetna MCR $26.81
Van Lang IPA MCR $26.85
United MCR $27.11
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $27.38
WellCare PPO $27.38
WellCare SNP $27.38
WellCare POS $27.38
WellCare MCRHMO $27.38
WellCare PFFS $27.38
American Health Plan MGMCR $27.91
Superior Health Plan PFFS $27.91
Humana MCD $27.91
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $27.91
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $27.91
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $27.91
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $27.91
Shared Health MGMCR $27.91
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $27.91
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $27.91
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $28.17
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $28.17
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $28.17
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $28.17
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $28.17
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $28.77
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $28.77
Molina MGMCR $28.97
Verda Health Plan MCR $34.55
Community Health Choice HIX $38.54
Superior ValueHMO $38.54
Superior EPO $41.20
Superior HMO $41.20
BCBS MyBlueHealth $53.69
Molina Healthcare HIX $57.15
BCBS BAV $59.27
BCBS HMO $74.16
Oscar HIX $76.82
BCBS EPOSOA $79.47
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $79.73
BCBS PPO $84.79
Aetna QHPExchange $97.36
Cigna CSN $108.73
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $117.77
Aetna NBPOS $129.48
Aetna NBHMO $129.48
Aetna NBPPO $129.48
Aetna COMMHMO $137.56
Aetna COMMPPO $137.56
Aetna COMMPOS $137.56
Cigna PPO $140.11
Aetna OONPOS $161.60
Aetna OONHMO $161.60
Aetna OONPPO $161.60
Aetna ASAHMO $174.73
Aetna ASAPOS $174.73
Aetna ASAPPO $174.73
Humana HMO $355.00
Humana PPO $355.00
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Bile acids cholylglycine at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $22.33 – $108.73
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $21.88 – $108.73
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $125.58 $10.00 – $156.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $147.07 $12.00 – $220.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $147.07 $12.00 – $183.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $125.58 $10.00 – $156.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $147.07 $12.00 – $220.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $147.07 $8.00 – $220.61

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