Culture quantitative aerobic other source 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

$1,978.00

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.

$1,978.00

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.

$8.31 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $890.10 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 MEDICAID $8.31 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $8.31 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $8.31 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $8.31 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $8.31 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $8.31 ↓ -100%
United MGMCD $8.48 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $8.97 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $9.14 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STAR $9.14 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $9.14 ↓ -100%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $9.14 ↓ -100%
Oscar MGMCR $9.69 ↓ -100%
Devoted Health MGMCR $9.89 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.89 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.89 ↓ -100%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $9.89 ↓ -100%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.89 ↓ -100%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $9.89 ↓ -100%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $9.89 ↓ -100%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.89 ↓ -100%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.89 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $9.89 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $9.89 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $9.89 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $9.89 ↓ -100%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $9.89 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $9.89 ↓ -100%
WellMed MGMCR $9.94 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $9.97 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $9.99 ↓ -99%
United MCR $10.09 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $10.19 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $10.19 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $10.19 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $10.19 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $10.19 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $10.19 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $10.38 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $10.38 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $10.38 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $10.38 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $10.38 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $10.38 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $10.38 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $10.38 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $10.38 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $10.39 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $10.48 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $10.48 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $10.48 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $10.48 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $10.48 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $10.70 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $10.70 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $10.78 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $12.86 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $14.34 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $14.34 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $15.33 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $15.33 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $19.98 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare HIX $21.26 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $22.05 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $27.59 ↓ -99%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $28.33 ↓ -99%
Oscar HIX $28.58 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $29.57 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $31.55 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPExchange $36.25 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $40.44 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $43.80 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPOS $48.20 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPPO $48.20 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBHMO $48.20 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPPO $51.21 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMPOS $51.21 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMHMO $51.21 ↓ -97%
Cigna PPO $52.12 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPPO $60.16 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPOS $60.16 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONHMO $60.16 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPOS $65.05 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAHMO $65.05 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPPO $65.05 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $118.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $118.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $118.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $118.68 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $118.68 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $126.16 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $126.16 ↓ -94%
United OptionsPPO $332.30 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $539.99 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $692.30 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $719.99 ↓ -64%
United GlobalAppendix $890.10 ↓ -55%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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