Drug test(s) presumptive any class instrument chemistry analyzers 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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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.

$22.94 with Superior Health Plan vs $777.20 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 $22.94
Superior Health Plan STAR $22.94
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $22.94
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $22.94
Superior Health Plan CHIP $22.94
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $52.20
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $52.20
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $52.20
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $52.20
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $52.20
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $52.20
United MGMCD $53.24
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $56.38
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $57.42
Molina Healthcare CHIP $57.42
Molina Healthcare STAR $57.42
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $57.42
Oscar MGMCR $60.90
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $62.14
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $62.14
United AllPayerAppendix $62.14
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $62.14
CHC Harris Health Indigent $62.14
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $62.14
BCBS MCRPPO $62.14
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $62.14
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $62.14
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $62.14
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $62.14
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $62.14
Devoted Health MGMCR $62.14
United SmallGroup $62.14
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $62.14
WellMed MGMCR $62.45
Aetna MCR $62.67
Van Lang IPA MCR $62.76
United MCR $63.38
WellCare PPO $64.00
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $64.00
WellCare POS $64.00
WellCare PFFS $64.00
WellCare MCRHMO $64.00
WellCare SNP $64.00
United OptionsPPO $64.24
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $65.25
American Health Plan MGMCR $65.25
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $65.25
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $65.25
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $65.25
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $65.25
Superior Health Plan PFFS $65.25
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $65.25
Humana MCD $65.25
Shared Health MGMCR $65.25
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $65.87
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $65.87
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $65.87
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $65.87
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $65.87
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $67.25
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $67.25
Molina MGMCR $67.73
Verda Health Plan MCR $80.78
Superior ValueHMO $90.10
Community Health Choice HIX $90.10
Superior EPO $96.32
Superior HMO $96.32
Evry Health BroadNetwork $104.39
BCBS MyBlueHealth $125.52
Molina Healthcare HIX $133.60
BCBS Traditional $133.83
BCBS BAV $138.57
Coventry National First Health COMM $139.18
United GlobalAppendix $172.07
BCBS HMO $173.37
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $174.54
Oscar HIX $179.58
BCBS EPOSOA $185.80
BCBS PPO $198.23
Aetna QHPExchange $227.65
Cigna CSN $255.08
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $276.29
Aetna NBPPO $302.74
Aetna NBHMO $302.74
Aetna NBPOS $302.74
Aetna COMMPOS $321.64
Aetna COMMHMO $321.64
Aetna COMMPPO $321.64
Cigna PPO $328.72
Aetna OONPPO $377.84
Aetna OONHMO $377.84
Aetna OONPOS $377.84
Aetna ASAPOS $408.54
Aetna ASAHMO $408.54
Aetna ASAPPO $408.54
Humana PPO $777.20
Humana HMO $777.20
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