Biopsy oocyte polar body <=5 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.

$149.16 with United vs $5,436.70 with Aetna — 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
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16
United SmallGroup $149.16
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $149.16
BCBS MyBlueHealth $289.87
BCBS BAV $320.00
BCBS HMO $400.37
BCBS EPOSOA $429.07
Cigna CSN $442.57
BCBS PPO $457.76
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $479.36
Cigna PPO $570.33
Aetna QHPExchange $3,029.47
Aetna NBHMO $4,028.81
Aetna NBPOS $4,028.81
Aetna NBPPO $4,028.81
Aetna COMMHMO $4,280.22
Aetna COMMPOS $4,280.22
Aetna COMMPPO $4,280.22
Aetna OONPPO $5,028.16
Aetna OONPOS $5,028.16
Aetna OONHMO $5,028.16
Aetna ASAHMO $5,436.70
Aetna ASAPOS $5,436.70
Aetna ASAPPO $5,436.70
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Biopsy oocyte polar body <=5 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $149.16 – $3,029.47
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $149.16 – $3,029.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,156.08 $12.00 – $3,234.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,627.80 $12.00 – $2,034.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,156.08 $12.00 – $3,234.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,156.08 $8.00 – $3,234.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,627.80 $12.00 – $2,441.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $2,156.08 $162.59 – $2,695.09

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