Driver pneumatic vad, rep 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.

$109,262.16 with Oscar vs $857,608.46 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
Oscar MGMCR $109,262.16
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $111,492.00
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $111,492.00
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $111,492.00
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $111,492.00
CHC Harris Health Indigent $111,492.00
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $111,492.00
BCBS MCRPPO $111,492.00
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $111,492.00
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $111,492.00
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $111,492.00
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $111,492.00
Devoted Health MGMCR $111,492.00
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $111,492.00
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $111,492.00
WellMed MGMCR $112,049.46
Aetna MCR $112,439.68
Van Lang IPA MCR $112,606.92
United MCR $113,721.84
WellCare MCRHMO $114,836.76
WellCare PFFS $114,836.76
WellCare POS $114,836.76
WellCare PPO $114,836.76
WellCare SNP $114,836.76
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $114,836.76
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $117,066.60
American Health Plan MGMCR $117,066.60
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $117,066.60
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $117,066.60
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $117,066.60
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $117,066.60
Superior Health Plan PFFS $117,066.60
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $117,066.60
Shared Health MGMCR $117,066.60
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $118,181.52
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $118,181.52
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $118,181.52
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $118,181.52
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $118,181.52
Molina MGMCR $121,526.28
Verda Health Plan MCR $144,939.60
Superior ValueHMO $161,663.40
Community Health Choice HIX $161,663.40
Superior EPO $172,812.60
Superior HMO $172,812.60
Molina Healthcare HIX $239,707.80
Humana HMO $857,608.46
Humana PPO $857,608.46

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Driver pneumatic vad, rep at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $109,262.16 – $239,707.80
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $109,262.16 – $239,707.80
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $109,262.16 – $239,707.80
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $109,262.16 – $239,707.80
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $109,262.16 – $239,707.80
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $109,262.16 – $239,707.80
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $109,262.16 – $239,707.80
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $109,262.16 – $239,707.80

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