Closed tx orbit w/manipulj 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.

$548.63 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $12,562.00 with Cigna — 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 $548.63
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $548.63
United MGMCD $588.70
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $603.49
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $603.49
Molina Healthcare STAR $603.49
Molina Healthcare CHIP $603.49
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $614.47
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $614.47
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $614.47
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $614.47
Humana MCD $685.79
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $692.59
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
Aetna QHPExchange $1,944.00
United SmallGroup $2,030.00
Oscar HIX $2,128.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,130.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,251.00
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,315.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2,347.85
Aetna NBPOS $2,580.00
Aetna NBHMO $2,580.00
Curative Administrators COMM $2,613.00
BCBS BAV $2,644.71
Aetna COMMPOS $2,742.00
Aetna COMMHMO $2,742.00
BCBS HMO $2,793.13
United AllPayerAppendix $2,900.00
BCBS EPOSOA $2,968.55
Aetna NBPPO $2,986.00
BCBS PPO $3,130.47
Aetna COMMPPO $3,174.00
Aetna OONPOS $3,228.00
Aetna OONHMO $3,228.00
Aetna ASAHMO $3,486.00
Aetna ASAPOS $3,486.00
Aetna OONPPO $3,732.00
Aetna ASAPPO $4,034.00
Humana PPO $4,690.00
Humana HMO $4,690.00
Cigna CSN $9,751.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $10,565.00
Cigna PPO $12,562.00

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Closed tx orbit w/manipulj at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $588.70 – $2,766.15
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston not published $1,609.00 – $1,609.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $537.66 – $2,347.85
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston not published $1,609.00 – $1,609.00
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $1,955.10 $763.11 – $11,141.85
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $1,955.10 $775.99 – $10,027.66
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $1,850.94 $1,511.89 – $2,300.00
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield $8,243.52 $1,424.90 – $3,117.31

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