Cryptococcus abs qn - sendout 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

$318.78

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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$318.78

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.

$12.10 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $192.49 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
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $12.10 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $12.10 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.10 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $12.10 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $12.10 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $12.10 ↓ -96%
United MGMCD $12.34 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $13.07 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $13.31 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STAR $13.31 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $13.31 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $13.31 ↓ -96%
Oscar MGMCR $14.12 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.41 ↓ -95%
United SmallGroup $14.41 ↓ -95%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.41 ↓ -95%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.41 ↓ -95%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.41 ↓ -95%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $14.41 ↓ -95%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $14.41 ↓ -95%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $14.41 ↓ -95%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.41 ↓ -95%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.41 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $14.41 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $14.41 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $14.41 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.41 ↓ -95%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.41 ↓ -95%
WellMed MGMCR $14.48 ↓ -95%
Aetna MCR $14.53 ↓ -95%
Van Lang IPA MCR $14.55 ↓ -95%
United MCR $14.70 ↓ -95%
WellCare POS $14.84 ↓ -95%
WellCare PPO $14.84 ↓ -95%
WellCare MCRHMO $14.84 ↓ -95%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $14.84 ↓ -95%
WellCare PFFS $14.84 ↓ -95%
WellCare SNP $14.84 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $15.13 ↓ -95%
Humana MCD $15.13 ↓ -95%
American Health Plan MGMCR $15.13 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $15.13 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $15.13 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $15.13 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $15.13 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $15.13 ↓ -95%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $15.13 ↓ -95%
Shared Health MGMCR $15.13 ↓ -95%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $15.27 ↓ -95%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $15.27 ↓ -95%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $15.27 ↓ -95%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $15.27 ↓ -95%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $15.27 ↓ -95%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $15.60 ↓ -95%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $15.60 ↓ -95%
Molina MGMCR $15.71 ↓ -95%
Verda Health Plan MCR $18.73 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $19.13 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $19.13 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $19.13 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $19.13 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $19.13 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice HIX $20.89 ↓ -93%
Superior ValueHMO $20.89 ↓ -93%
Superior HMO $22.34 ↓ -93%
Superior EPO $22.34 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.11 ↓ -91%
Molina Healthcare HIX $30.98 ↓ -90%
BCBS BAV $32.13 ↓ -90%
BCBS HMO $40.20 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $41.64 ↓ -87%
BCBS EPOSOA $43.09 ↓ -86%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $43.23 ↓ -86%
BCBS PPO $45.97 ↓ -86%
Aetna QHPExchange $52.78 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $53.56 ↓ -83%
Cigna CSN $59.93 ↓ -81%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $64.91 ↓ -80%
Aetna NBPOS $70.19 ↓ -78%
Aetna NBHMO $70.19 ↓ -78%
Aetna NBPPO $70.19 ↓ -78%
Aetna COMMHMO $74.57 ↓ -77%
Aetna COMMPOS $74.57 ↓ -77%
Aetna COMMPPO $74.57 ↓ -77%
Cigna PPO $77.23 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $87.03 ↓ -73%
Aetna OONHMO $87.60 ↓ -73%
Aetna OONPOS $87.60 ↓ -73%
Aetna OONPPO $87.60 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASAPPO $94.72 ↓ -70%
Aetna ASAPOS $94.72 ↓ -70%
Aetna ASAHMO $94.72 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $111.57 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $116.04 ↓ -64%
United GlobalAppendix $143.45 ↓ -55%
Humana HMO $192.49 ↓ -40%
Humana PPO $192.49 ↓ -40%
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Cryptococcus abs qn - sendout at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $12.10 – $59.93
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $11.86 – $59.93
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $120.20 $10.00 – $150.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $110.08 $12.00 – $165.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $98.95 $12.00 – $123.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $120.20 $10.00 – $150.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $110.08 $12.00 – $165.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $110.08 $8.00 – $165.11

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