Chlamydia culture 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

$329.26

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$329.26

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.

$16.46 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $261.74 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
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $16.46 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $16.46 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $16.46 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $16.46 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $16.46 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $16.46 ↓ -95%
United MGMCD $16.79 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $17.78 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $18.11 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STAR $18.11 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $18.11 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $18.11 ↓ -94%
Oscar MGMCR $19.21 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $19.60 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $19.60 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $19.60 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $19.60 ↓ -94%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $19.60 ↓ -94%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $19.60 ↓ -94%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $19.60 ↓ -94%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $19.60 ↓ -94%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $19.60 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRPPO $19.60 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $19.60 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $19.60 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $19.60 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $19.60 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health MGMCR $19.60 ↓ -94%
WellMed MGMCR $19.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $19.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $19.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $19.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $19.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $19.76 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $19.77 ↓ -94%
Van Lang IPA MCR $19.80 ↓ -94%
United MCR $19.99 ↓ -94%
WellCare MCRHMO $20.19 ↓ -94%
WellCare POS $20.19 ↓ -94%
WellCare PPO $20.19 ↓ -94%
WellCare SNP $20.19 ↓ -94%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $20.19 ↓ -94%
WellCare PFFS $20.19 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $20.58 ↓ -94%
Humana MCD $20.58 ↓ -94%
American Health Plan MGMCR $20.58 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $20.58 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $20.58 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $20.58 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $20.58 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $20.58 ↓ -94%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $20.58 ↓ -94%
Shared Health MGMCR $20.58 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $20.78 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $20.78 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $20.78 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $20.78 ↓ -94%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $20.78 ↓ -94%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $21.21 ↓ -94%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $21.21 ↓ -94%
Molina MGMCR $21.36 ↓ -94%
Verda Health Plan MCR $25.48 ↓ -92%
Superior ValueHMO $28.42 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice HIX $28.42 ↓ -91%
Superior EPO $30.38 ↓ -91%
Superior HMO $30.38 ↓ -91%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $39.59 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare HIX $42.14 ↓ -87%
BCBS BAV $43.71 ↓ -87%
BCBS HMO $54.68 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $55.32 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $56.64 ↓ -83%
BCBS EPOSOA $58.60 ↓ -82%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $58.78 ↓ -82%
BCBS PPO $62.52 ↓ -81%
Aetna QHPExchange $71.82 ↓ -78%
Cigna CSN $80.84 ↓ -75%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $87.56 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $89.89 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $95.51 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBHMO $95.51 ↓ -71%
Aetna NBPOS $95.51 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPPO $101.47 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMPOS $101.47 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMHMO $101.47 ↓ -69%
Cigna PPO $104.18 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $115.24 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONHMO $119.20 ↓ -64%
Aetna OONPOS $119.20 ↓ -64%
Aetna OONPPO $119.20 ↓ -64%
Coventry National First Health COMM $119.85 ↓ -64%
Aetna ASAHMO $128.89 ↓ -61%
Aetna ASAPPO $128.89 ↓ -61%
Aetna ASAPOS $128.89 ↓ -61%
United GlobalAppendix $148.17 ↓ -55%
Humana HMO $261.74 ↓ -21%
Humana PPO $261.74 ↓ -21%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $99.40 $14.11 – $284.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $935.00 $16.13 – $80.84
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