Dimethyl sulfoxide 50% 50 ml 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

$4,080.06

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.

$4,080.06

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.

$244.80 with Superior Health Plan vs $5,220.54 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 STARKids $244.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $244.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $244.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $244.80 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $244.80 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $530.41 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $530.41 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $530.41 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $530.41 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $685.45 ↓ -83%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $714.72 ↓ -82%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $714.72 ↓ -82%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,212.44 ↓ -70%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,236.23 ↓ -70%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,236.23 ↓ -70%
United SmallGroup $1,236.23 ↓ -70%
BCBS BAV $1,336.15 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $1,428.02 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,485.14 ↓ -64%
BCBS PPO $1,670.19 ↓ -59%
BCBS HMO $1,670.19 ↓ -59%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,670.19 ↓ -59%
Cigna CSN $1,797.82 ↓ -56%
United GlobalAppendix $1,836.03 ↓ -55%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,946.40 ↓ -52%
Cigna PPO $2,317.85 ↓ -43%
Humana PPO $5,220.54 ↑ +28%
Humana HMO $5,220.54 ↑ +28%

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Dimethyl sulfoxide 50% 50 ml at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $956.10 $556.73 – $2,731.71
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $956.10 $600.98 – $2,731.71
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $714.72 – $5,220.54
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $749.23 – $5,220.54
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $2,286.14 $714.72 – $5,220.54
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $2,267.96 $749.23 – $5,220.54
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $2,254.11 $714.72 – $5,220.54
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $2,311.88 $714.72 – $5,220.54

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