Bra surgical elizabeth pink sm 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.

$45.00 with Oscar vs $353.37 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
Oscar MGMCR $45.00
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $45.92
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $45.92
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $45.92
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $45.92
CHC Harris Health Indigent $45.92
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $45.92
BCBS MCRPPO $45.92
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $45.92
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $45.92
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $45.92
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $45.92
Devoted Health MGMCR $45.92
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $45.92
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $45.92
WellMed MGMCR $46.15
Aetna MCR $46.31
Van Lang IPA MCR $46.38
United MCR $46.84
WellCare MCRHMO $47.30
WellCare PFFS $47.30
WellCare POS $47.30
WellCare PPO $47.30
WellCare SNP $47.30
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $47.30
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $48.22
American Health Plan MGMCR $48.22
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $48.22
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $48.22
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $48.22
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $48.22
Superior Health Plan PFFS $48.22
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $48.22
Shared Health MGMCR $48.22
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $48.68
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $48.68
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $48.68
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $48.68
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $48.68
Molina MGMCR $50.05
Verda Health Plan MCR $59.70
Superior ValueHMO $66.58
Community Health Choice HIX $66.58
Superior EPO $71.18
Superior HMO $71.18
Molina Healthcare HIX $98.73
Humana HMO $353.37
Humana PPO $353.37

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Bra surgical elizabeth pink sm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $45.00 – $98.73
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $45.00 – $98.73
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $266.62 not published
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $55.13 $33.08 – $118.13
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $266.62 $45.92 – $48.45
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $266.62 not published
Covenant Hospital Levelland Levelland $266.62 not published
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $45.00 – $98.73

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