Covid-19 IV infusion and post admin monitoring tocilizumab 1st dose 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

$779.51

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.

$779.51

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.

$46.77 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,507.50 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
Superior Health Plan STAR $46.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $46.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $46.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $46.77 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $46.77 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $101.34 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $101.34 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $101.34 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $101.34 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $115.37 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $124.72 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $130.96 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $148.11 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $152.00 ↓ -81%
Aetna QHPExchange $174.61 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $198.78 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $212.81 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBHMO $212.81 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $212.81 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $212.81 ↓ -73%
Aetna COMMPOS $225.28 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMHMO $225.28 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPPO $225.28 ↓ -71%
Humana HMO $248.74 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $248.74 ↓ -68%
Aetna OONPPO $265.81 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONPOS $265.81 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONHMO $265.81 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $272.83 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $283.74 ↓ -64%
Aetna ASAPOS $286.86 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAHMO $286.86 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPPO $286.86 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $311.80 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $311.80 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $350.78 ↓ -55%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,053.00 ↑ +35%
BCBS BAV $1,161.00 ↑ +49%
BCBS HMO $1,453.50 ↑ +86%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,480.50 ↑ +90%
BCBS PPO $1,507.50 ↑ +93%

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Covid-19 IV infusion and post admin monitoring tocilizumab 1st dose at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $761.21 $1,053.00 – $1,053.00
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $315.00 $48.00 – $900.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $315.00 $37.00 – $900.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1,053.00 – $1,053.00
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $833.33 $1,053.00 – $1,053.00
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $865.40 $1,053.00 – $1,053.00
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $897.42 $1,053.00 – $1,053.00
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $722.70 $1,053.00 – $1,053.00

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