Embolization s&i 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.

$130.66 with BCBS vs $9,782.19 with Aetna — 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $130.66
BCBS BAV $165.56
BCBS HMO $252.42
BCBS EPOSOA $279.88
BCBS PPO $307.35
Superior Health Plan CHIP $869.52
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $869.52
Superior Health Plan STARKids $869.52
Superior Health Plan STAR $869.52
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $869.52
Aetna MCR $960.82
Humana HMO $1,761.25
Humana PPO $1,761.25
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,883.97
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,883.97
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,883.97
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,883.97
Cigna CSN $2,144.83
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,318.73
United OptionsPPO $2,434.67
Cigna PPO $2,753.49
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $3,695.48
Molina Healthcare HIX $3,912.86
Evry Health BroadNetwork $3,956.34
CHC Harris Health Indigent $4,347.62
BCBS Traditional $5,072.22
Coventry National First Health COMM $5,275.11
Aetna QHPExchange $5,444.80
Curative Administrators COMM $5,796.83
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5,796.83
United GlobalAppendix $6,521.43
Aetna NBPPO $7,236.67
Aetna NBPOS $7,236.67
Aetna NBHMO $7,236.67
Aetna COMMPOS $7,698.09
Aetna COMMPPO $7,698.09
Aetna COMMHMO $7,698.09
Aetna OONPPO $9,051.60
Aetna OONPOS $9,051.60
Aetna OONHMO $9,051.60
Aetna ASAPPO $9,782.19
Aetna ASAPOS $9,782.19
Aetna ASAHMO $9,782.19

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Embolization s&i at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $970.20 $89.09 – $2,772.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $7,448.00 $130.66 – $5,444.80
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $970.20 $100.00 – $2,772.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $130.66 – $5,444.80
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $3,060.05 $148.48 – $4,335.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $3,160.96 $249.45 – $4,741.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $705.22 $141.04 – $881.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $3,060.05 $170.01 – $4,335.07

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