Crotalidae poly immune fab 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

$34,070.06

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.

$34,070.06

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.

$1,755.81 with Christus (USFHP) vs $31,660.06 with Humana — 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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,755.81 ↓ -95%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1,755.81 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $2,044.20 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2,044.20 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2,044.20 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2,044.20 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2,044.20 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $3,013.76 ↓ -91%
United SmallGroup $3,013.76 ↓ -91%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3,013.76 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4,429.11 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4,429.11 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4,429.11 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4,429.11 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $4,503.93 ↓ -87%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $4,876.16 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $5,723.77 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $5,806.73 ↓ -83%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6,268.08 ↓ -82%
BCBS BAV $6,907.68 ↓ -80%
BCBS EPOSOA $8,634.60 ↓ -75%
BCBS HMO $8,634.60 ↓ -75%
BCBS PPO $8,634.60 ↓ -75%
BCBS Traditional $11,924.52 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $12,401.50 ↓ -64%
United GlobalAppendix $15,331.53 ↓ -55%
Humana HMO $31,660.06 ↓ -7%
Humana PPO $31,660.06 ↓ -7%

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Crotalidae poly immune fab at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $33,776.37 $1,755.81 – $31,660.06
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $11,925.85 $2,878.20 – $34,073.83
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $11,925.85 $2,541.33 – $34,073.83
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1,826.52 – $31,660.06
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $19,678.30 $1,755.81 – $31,660.06
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $9,673.96 $6,513.97 – $12,768.74
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $7,192.81 $1,826.52 – $31,660.06
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $29,760.63 $1,826.52 – $31,660.06

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