Creatine kinase mb 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.

$9.70 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $287.58 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.

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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 $9.70
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $9.70
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $9.70
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $9.70
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $9.70
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $9.70
United MGMCD $9.89
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $10.48
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $10.67
Molina Healthcare STAR $10.67
Molina Healthcare CHIP $10.67
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $10.67
Oscar MGMCR $11.32
Devoted Health MGMCR $11.55
United SmallGroup $11.55
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.55
United AllPayerAppendix $11.55
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.55
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $11.55
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $11.55
CHC Harris Health Indigent $11.55
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $11.55
BCBS MCRPPO $11.55
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $11.55
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $11.55
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $11.55
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $11.55
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $11.55
WellMed MGMCR $11.61
Aetna MCR $11.65
Van Lang IPA MCR $11.67
United MCR $11.78
WellCare POS $11.90
WellCare PPO $11.90
WellCare MCRHMO $11.90
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $11.90
WellCare PFFS $11.90
WellCare SNP $11.90
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $12.13
Humana MCD $12.13
American Health Plan MGMCR $12.13
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $12.13
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $12.13
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $12.13
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $12.13
Superior Health Plan PFFS $12.13
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $12.13
Shared Health MGMCR $12.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $12.24
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $12.24
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $12.24
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $12.24
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $12.24
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $12.50
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $12.50
Molina MGMCR $12.59
Verda Health Plan MCR $15.02
Superior ValueHMO $16.75
Community Health Choice HIX $16.75
Superior HMO $17.90
Superior EPO $17.90
BCBS MyBlueHealth $23.33
Molina Healthcare HIX $24.83
BCBS BAV $25.76
BCBS HMO $32.22
Oscar HIX $33.38
BCBS EPOSOA $34.53
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $34.65
BCBS PPO $36.84
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $38.34
Superior Health Plan STAR $38.34
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $38.34
Superior Health Plan CHIP $38.34
Superior Health Plan STARKids $38.34
Aetna QHPExchange $42.32
Cigna CSN $47.41
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $51.36
Aetna NBHMO $56.28
Aetna NBPPO $56.28
Aetna NBPOS $56.28
Aetna COMMHMO $59.79
Aetna COMMPPO $59.79
Aetna COMMPOS $59.79
Cigna PPO $61.10
Aetna OONPOS $70.24
Aetna OONPPO $70.24
Aetna OONHMO $70.24
Aetna ASAHMO $75.95
Aetna ASAPOS $75.95
Aetna ASAPPO $75.95
United OptionsPPO $107.36
Humana HMO $154.29
Humana PPO $154.29
Evry Health BroadNetwork $174.47
BCBS Traditional $223.67
Coventry National First Health COMM $232.62
United GlobalAppendix $287.58
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Creatine kinase mb at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $32.55 $8.32 – $93.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $784.00 $9.51 – $47.41
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $32.55 $8.32 – $93.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $9.70 – $47.41
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $175.00 $9.70 – $218.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $122.61 $12.00 – $183.91
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $113.63 $9.70 – $142.03
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $175.00 $9.70 – $218.75

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