Dialysis repeated eval 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.

$92.67 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,198.41 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 CHPFC $92.67
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $92.67
Superior Health Plan STARKids $92.67
Superior Health Plan STAR $92.67
Superior Health Plan CHIP $92.67
Aetna MCR $102.40
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $200.79
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $200.79
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $200.79
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $200.79
Cigna CSN $228.59
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $247.13
BCBS MyBlueHealth $251.76
United OptionsPPO $259.49
BCBS BAV $278.02
Cigna PPO $293.47
Oscar HIX $301.19
Aetna QHPExchange $345.98
BCBS HMO $347.53
BCBS EPOSOA $355.25
BCBS PPO $361.43
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $393.86
Molina Healthcare HIX $417.03
Aetna NBHMO $421.66
Aetna NBPPO $421.66
Evry Health BroadNetwork $421.66
Aetna NBPOS $421.66
Aetna COMMHMO $446.38
Aetna COMMPPO $446.38
Aetna COMMPOS $446.38
CHC Harris Health Indigent $463.37
Aetna OONPOS $526.69
Aetna OONPPO $526.69
Aetna OONHMO $526.69
BCBS Traditional $540.60
Coventry National First Health COMM $562.22
Aetna ASAPOS $568.40
Aetna ASAPPO $568.40
Aetna ASAHMO $568.40
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $617.82
Curative Administrators COMM $617.82
United GlobalAppendix $695.05
Humana HMO $1,198.41
Humana PPO $1,198.41

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Dialysis repeated eval at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,198.41 – $1,198.41
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1,198.41 – $1,198.41
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,087.50 $308.12 – $1,540.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,523.40 $313.57 – $2,285.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,523.40 $304.68 – $1,904.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,087.50 $290.00 – $1,540.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,523.40 $489.01 – $2,285.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,523.40 $787.09 – $2,285.10

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →