Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site interp/rpt 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.

$37.63 with Superior Health Plan vs $842.88 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $37.63
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $37.63
Superior Health Plan STARKids $37.63
Superior Health Plan STAR $37.63
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $37.63
United AllPayerAppendix $49.76
United SmallGroup $49.76
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $49.76
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $81.52
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $81.52
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $81.52
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $81.52
BCBS MyBlueHealth $99.93
United OptionsPPO $105.35
BCBS BAV $110.32
Oscar HIX $122.28
BCBS HMO $138.02
BCBS EPOSOA $147.92
BCBS PPO $157.81
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $159.91
Evry Health BroadNetwork $171.20
BCBS Traditional $219.48
Coventry National First Health COMM $228.26
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $250.84
United GlobalAppendix $282.19
Aetna QHPExchange $335.91
Cigna CSN $386.41
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $418.54
Aetna NBHMO $446.71
Aetna NBPOS $446.71
Aetna NBPPO $446.71
Aetna COMMPPO $474.59
Aetna COMMHMO $474.59
Aetna COMMPOS $474.59
Cigna PPO $497.96
Aetna OONHMO $557.52
Aetna OONPOS $557.52
Aetna OONPPO $557.52
Aetna ASAHMO $602.82
Aetna ASAPPO $602.82
Aetna ASAPOS $602.82
Humana HMO $842.88
Humana PPO $842.88
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Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site interp/rpt at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $186.20 $59.36 – $532.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $1,456.00 $49.76 – $842.88
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $186.20 $67.05 – $532.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $49.76 – $842.88
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $262.49 $35.00 – $328.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $285.20 $36.00 – $427.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $270.82 $36.00 – $338.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $262.49 $35.00 – $328.12

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