Coombs indirect qualitative each reagent red cell reference 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

$513.37

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.

$513.37

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.

$4.80 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $457.76 with BCBS — 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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.80 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $4.80 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.80 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.80 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $4.80 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.80 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $4.90 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $5.18 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $5.28 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $5.28 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $5.28 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $5.28 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $5.61 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.72 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.72 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $5.72 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.72 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.72 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $5.72 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $5.72 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $5.72 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $5.72 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $5.72 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $5.72 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $5.72 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.72 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $5.72 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $5.72 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $5.75 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $5.77 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $5.78 ↓ -99%
United MCR $5.83 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $5.89 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $5.89 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $5.89 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $5.89 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $5.89 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $5.89 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $6.00 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $6.01 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $6.01 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $6.01 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $6.01 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $6.01 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $6.01 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $6.01 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $6.01 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $6.01 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $6.06 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $6.06 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $6.06 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $6.06 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $6.06 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $6.23 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $7.44 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $8.29 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $8.29 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $8.87 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $8.87 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $12.30 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $16.53 ↓ -97%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $17.18 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPExchange $20.97 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $23.69 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $25.65 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBHMO $27.88 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPPO $27.88 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPOS $27.88 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPOS $29.62 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $29.62 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMHMO $29.62 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $30.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $30.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $30.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $30.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $30.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $30.80 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPOS $34.80 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPPO $34.80 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONHMO $34.80 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAHMO $37.63 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPOS $37.63 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPPO $37.63 ↓ -93%
Humana HMO $76.50 ↓ -85%
Humana PPO $76.50 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $86.25 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $140.15 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $179.68 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $186.87 ↓ -64%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $205.35 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $231.02 ↓ -55%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $289.87 ↓ -44%
BCBS BAV $320.00 ↓ -38%
BCBS HMO $400.37 ↓ -22%
BCBS EPOSOA $429.07 ↓ -16%
BCBS PPO $457.76 ↓ -11%
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Coombs indirect qualitative each reagent red cell reference at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $597.41 $4.80 – $23.69
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $608.00 $4.70 – $23.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $60.26 $4.80 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $74.68 $8.39 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $50.65 $4.80 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $60.26 $4.80 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $74.68 $5.14 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $74.68 $4.80 – $423.12

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