Blood Transfusion at HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL

5003 CYPRESS CREEK PKWY, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1750819025

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

$3,069.00

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.

$3,069.00

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.

$32.27 with Amerigroup vs $2,608.65 with Multiplan — 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
Amerigroup MGMCD $32.27 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $32.98 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $33.80 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $33.80 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $33.80 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $33.80 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $34.42 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $34.42 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $34.42 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $34.42 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $38.41 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $38.80 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $158.26 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $158.26 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $158.26 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $184.14 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $184.14 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $184.14 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $184.14 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $184.14 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $252.77 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $278.33 ↓ -91%
BCBS PPO $294.08 ↓ -90%
BCBS EPOSOA $308.79 ↓ -90%
BCBS HMO $323.49 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $429.66 ↓ -86%
WellMed MGMCR $445.40 ↓ -85%
Cigna CSN $454.21 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $491.04 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $515.59 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $583.11 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $598.46 ↓ -80%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $782.60 ↓ -74%
Aetna NBHMO $810.22 ↓ -74%
Aetna NBPPO $810.22 ↓ -74%
Aetna NBPOS $810.22 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $837.84 ↓ -73%
Aetna COMMPPO $859.32 ↓ -72%
Aetna COMMPOS $859.32 ↓ -72%
Aetna COMMHMO $859.32 ↓ -72%
Aetna OONPOS $1,012.77 ↓ -67%
Aetna OONPPO $1,012.77 ↓ -67%
Aetna OONHMO $1,012.77 ↓ -67%
Humana PPO $1,016.76 ↓ -67%
Humana HMO $1,016.76 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $1,074.15 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,086.43 ↓ -65%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,092.56 ↓ -64%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,092.56 ↓ -64%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,092.56 ↓ -64%
United SmallGroup $1,120.00 ↓ -64%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,227.60 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,227.60 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $1,381.05 ↓ -55%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,600.00 ↓ -48%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,702.00 ↓ -45%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,301.75 ↓ -25%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,608.65 ↓ -15%

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Blood Transfusion at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $726.60 $560.52 – $2,076.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $2,852.00 $30.12 – $445.40
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $726.60 $560.52 – $2,076.00
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $602.50 $51.11 – $2,956.00
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $905.50 $51.11 – $2,956.00
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $602.50 $51.11 – $2,956.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $3,726.00 $32.27 – $445.40
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $3,775.85 $43.76 – $4,826.69

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