Bld push tfuj 2 yr/< at HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL
5003 CYPRESS CREEK PKWY, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1750819025
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Cash price 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 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.
$54.33 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,702.00 with United — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $54.33 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $54.33 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $54.33 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $54.33 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $54.33 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $117.71 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $117.71 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $117.71 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $117.71 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $134.01 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $144.88 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $147.59 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $152.12 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $162.98 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $172.04 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $176.57 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $202.83 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $203.73 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $208.26 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $211.88 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $230.89 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $247.19 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $247.19 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $247.19 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $247.19 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $261.68 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $261.68 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $261.68 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $288.94 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $288.94 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $308.77 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $308.77 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $308.77 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $316.91 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $329.59 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $333.21 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $333.21 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $333.21 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $362.19 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $362.19 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $407.46 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,120.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,600.00 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,702.00 | — |
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Bld push tfuj 2 yr/< at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $1,415.63 – $1,415.63 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $445.40 – $1,415.63 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $999.06 | $283.07 – $1,248.83 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $999.06 | $205.64 – $1,498.59 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $999.06 | $199.81 – $1,248.83 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $999.06 | $266.42 – $1,248.83 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $999.06 | $320.70 – $1,498.59 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $999.06 | $516.18 – $1,498.59 |