Cholesterol (Lipid) Test 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.
$7.66 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $448.55 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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| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $7.66 | — |
| Texas Childrens Healthplans | CHIP | $7.66 | — |
| Texas Childrens Healthplans | MEDICAID | $7.66 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $7.66 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $7.66 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $7.66 | — |
| United | MGMCD | $7.81 | — |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $8.27 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $8.43 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $8.43 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $8.43 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $8.43 | — |
| Humana | MCD | $9.57 | — |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $13.12 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $13.39 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $13.39 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $13.39 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $13.39 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $13.39 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $13.39 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $13.39 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $13.39 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $13.39 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $13.39 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $13.39 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $13.39 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $13.39 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $13.39 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $13.39 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $13.46 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $13.50 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $13.52 | — |
| United | MCR | $13.66 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $13.79 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $13.79 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $13.79 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $13.79 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $13.79 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $13.79 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $14.06 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $14.06 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $14.06 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $14.06 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $14.06 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $14.06 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $14.06 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $14.06 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $14.06 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $14.19 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $14.19 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $14.19 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $14.19 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $14.19 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $14.49 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $14.49 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $14.60 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $17.41 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $19.42 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $19.42 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $20.75 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $20.75 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $27.05 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $28.79 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $29.86 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $37.36 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $38.70 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $40.04 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $40.17 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $42.71 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $49.07 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $55.77 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $59.81 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $59.81 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $59.81 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $59.81 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $59.81 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $60.41 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $65.25 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $65.25 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $65.25 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $69.33 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $69.33 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $69.33 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $71.87 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $81.44 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $81.44 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $81.44 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $88.06 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $88.06 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $88.06 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $167.46 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $178.85 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $178.85 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $272.12 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $348.87 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $362.83 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $448.55 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Cholesterol (Lipid) Test at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor St Luke's Medical Center | Houston | $155.05 | $7.66 – $443.00 |
| St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital | Houston | $155.05 | $7.66 – $443.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $7.66 – $55.77 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $7.51 – $55.77 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | $324.18 | $12.05 – $51.55 |
| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $196.84 | $10.00 – $32.14 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $146.45 | $4.94 – $36.00 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $185.75 | $11.25 – $32.14 |