Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement 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

$631.59

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$631.59

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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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$37.90 with Superior Health Plan vs $852.29 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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
Superior Health Plan STAR $37.90 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $37.90 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $37.90 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $37.90 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $37.90 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $66.17 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $66.17 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $66.17 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $66.17 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $66.17 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $66.17 ↓ -90%
United MGMCD $67.49 ↓ -89%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $71.46 ↓ -89%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $72.79 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $72.79 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $72.79 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare STAR $72.79 ↓ -88%
Oscar MGMCR $77.19 ↓ -88%
Devoted Health MGMCR $78.77 ↓ -88%
United AllPayerAppendix $78.77 ↓ -88%
United SmallGroup $78.77 ↓ -88%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $78.77 ↓ -88%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $78.77 ↓ -88%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $78.77 ↓ -88%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $78.77 ↓ -88%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $78.77 ↓ -88%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $78.77 ↓ -88%
BCBS MCRPPO $78.77 ↓ -88%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $78.77 ↓ -88%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $78.77 ↓ -88%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $78.77 ↓ -88%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $78.77 ↓ -88%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $78.77 ↓ -88%
WellMed MGMCR $79.16 ↓ -87%
Aetna MCR $79.44 ↓ -87%
Van Lang IPA MCR $79.56 ↓ -87%
United MCR $80.35 ↓ -87%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $81.13 ↓ -87%
WellCare PPO $81.13 ↓ -87%
WellCare SNP $81.13 ↓ -87%
WellCare PFFS $81.13 ↓ -87%
WellCare MCRHMO $81.13 ↓ -87%
WellCare POS $81.13 ↓ -87%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $82.71 ↓ -87%
Humana MCD $82.71 ↓ -87%
American Health Plan MGMCR $82.71 ↓ -87%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $82.71 ↓ -87%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $82.71 ↓ -87%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $82.71 ↓ -87%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $82.71 ↓ -87%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $82.71 ↓ -87%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $82.71 ↓ -87%
Shared Health MGMCR $82.71 ↓ -87%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $83.50 ↓ -87%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $83.50 ↓ -87%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $83.50 ↓ -87%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $83.50 ↓ -87%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $83.50 ↓ -87%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $85.25 ↓ -87%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $85.25 ↓ -87%
Molina MGMCR $85.86 ↓ -86%
Verda Health Plan MCR $102.40 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $106.11 ↓ -83%
Superior ValueHMO $114.22 ↓ -82%
Community Health Choice HIX $114.22 ↓ -82%
Superior EPO $122.09 ↓ -81%
Superior HMO $122.09 ↓ -81%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $159.12 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $169.36 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $172.42 ↓ -73%
BCBS BAV $175.66 ↓ -72%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $191.41 ↓ -70%
BCBS HMO $219.77 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $221.06 ↓ -65%
Oscar HIX $227.65 ↓ -64%
Coventry National First Health COMM $229.90 ↓ -64%
BCBS EPOSOA $235.52 ↓ -63%
BCBS PPO $251.28 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $284.22 ↓ -55%
Aetna QHPExchange $288.57 ↓ -54%
Cigna CSN $323.41 ↓ -49%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $350.30 ↓ -45%
Aetna NBPOS $383.77 ↓ -39%
Aetna NBHMO $383.77 ↓ -39%
Aetna NBPPO $383.77 ↓ -39%
Aetna COMMPOS $407.71 ↓ -35%
Aetna COMMPPO $407.71 ↓ -35%
Aetna COMMHMO $407.71 ↓ -35%
Cigna PPO $416.77 ↓ -34%
Aetna OONPOS $478.96 ↓ -24%
Aetna OONPPO $478.96 ↓ -24%
Aetna OONHMO $478.96 ↓ -24%
Aetna ASAHMO $517.88 ↓ -18%
Aetna ASAPOS $517.88 ↓ -18%
Aetna ASAPPO $517.88 ↓ -18%
Humana PPO $852.29 ↑ +35%
Humana HMO $852.29 ↑ +35%
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Blood gases o2 saturation direct measurement at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $1,925.00 $64.85 – $323.41
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $66.17 – $323.41
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $517.87 $70.89 – $303.26
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $308.92 $10.00 – $386.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $300.41 $12.00 – $450.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $282.91 $12.00 – $353.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $308.92 $10.00 – $386.14
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $300.41 $12.00 – $450.61

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