Car-t therapy receipt & prepj car-t cells f/admn 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.
$93.58 with BCBS vs $9,000.00 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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| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $93.58 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $103.17 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $129.17 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $131.57 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $133.97 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $948.00 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $3,390.00 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $6,300.00 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $8,757.00 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $9,000.00 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Car-t therapy receipt & prepj car-t cells f/admn at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $494.20 | $381.24 – $1,412.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $494.20 | $381.24 – $1,412.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $93.58 – $93.58 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $93.58 – $93.58 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $2,919.99 | $827.33 – $4,136.65 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $2,919.99 | $601.03 – $4,379.98 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $2,919.99 | $778.66 – $4,136.65 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $2,919.99 | $937.32 – $4,379.98 |