Carbon dioxide 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.

$4.10 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $284.89 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.

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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
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $4.10
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.10
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.10
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.10
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.10
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $4.10
United MGMCD $4.18
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $4.43
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $4.51
Molina Healthcare STAR $4.51
Molina Healthcare CHIP $4.51
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $4.51
Oscar MGMCR $4.78
Devoted Health MGMCR $4.88
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.88
United AllPayerAppendix $4.88
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $4.88
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.88
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $4.88
CHC Harris Health Indigent $4.88
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.88
BCBS MCRPPO $4.88
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $4.88
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $4.88
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $4.88
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.88
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.88
United SmallGroup $4.88
WellMed MGMCR $4.90
Aetna MCR $4.92
Van Lang IPA MCR $4.93
United MCR $4.98
WellCare PPO $5.03
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $5.03
WellCare SNP $5.03
WellCare PFFS $5.03
WellCare MCRHMO $5.03
WellCare POS $5.03
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $5.12
American Health Plan MGMCR $5.12
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $5.12
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $5.12
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $5.12
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $5.12
Superior Health Plan PFFS $5.12
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $5.12
Shared Health MGMCR $5.12
Humana MCD $5.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $5.17
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $5.17
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $5.17
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $5.17
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $5.17
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5.28
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.28
Molina MGMCR $5.32
Verda Health Plan MCR $6.34
Community Health Choice HIX $7.08
Superior ValueHMO $7.08
Superior EPO $7.56
Superior HMO $7.56
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9.86
Molina Healthcare HIX $10.49
BCBS BAV $10.88
BCBS HMO $13.62
Oscar HIX $14.10
BCBS EPOSOA $14.59
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $14.65
BCBS PPO $15.57
Aetna QHPExchange $17.88
Cigna CSN $19.53
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $21.15
Aetna NBPOS $23.78
Aetna NBPPO $23.78
Aetna NBHMO $23.78
Cigna PPO $25.17
Aetna COMMPPO $25.27
Aetna COMMPOS $25.27
Aetna COMMHMO $25.27
Aetna OONPPO $29.68
Aetna OONPOS $29.68
Aetna OONHMO $29.68
Aetna ASAPOS $32.09
Aetna ASAHMO $32.09
Aetna ASAPPO $32.09
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $37.99
Superior Health Plan STARKids $37.99
Superior Health Plan CHIP $37.99
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $37.99
Superior Health Plan STAR $37.99
Humana PPO $65.24
Humana HMO $65.24
United OptionsPPO $106.36
Evry Health BroadNetwork $172.84
BCBS Traditional $221.59
Coventry National First Health COMM $230.45
United GlobalAppendix $284.89
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Carbon dioxide at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $25.55 $3.51 – $73.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $352.00 $4.02 – $19.53
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $25.55 $3.51 – $73.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $4.10 – $19.53
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $106.92 $4.39 – $18.79
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $48.08 $4.10 – $60.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $53.69 $7.16 – $80.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $47.00 $4.10 – $58.75

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