Endo cath bile duct 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

$2,262.43

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.

$2,262.43

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.

$64.06 with BCBS vs $2,542.33 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $64.06 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $81.17 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $123.76 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $135.75 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $135.75 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $135.75 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $135.75 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $135.75 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $137.23 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $150.00 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $150.70 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $294.12 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $294.12 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $294.12 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $294.12 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHPExchange $314.71 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $334.84 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $361.99 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $380.09 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBHMO $418.27 ↓ -82%
Aetna NBPPO $418.27 ↓ -82%
Aetna NBPOS $418.27 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $429.86 ↓ -81%
Aetna COMMHMO $444.94 ↓ -80%
Aetna COMMPPO $444.94 ↓ -80%
Aetna COMMPOS $444.94 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPOS $523.18 ↓ -77%
Aetna OONHMO $523.18 ↓ -77%
Aetna OONPPO $523.18 ↓ -77%
Aetna ASAPPO $565.40 ↓ -75%
Aetna ASAPOS $565.40 ↓ -75%
Aetna ASAHMO $565.40 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $576.92 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $610.86 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $617.64 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $678.73 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $791.85 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $823.52 ↓ -64%
Curative Administrators COMM $904.97 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $904.97 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $1,018.09 ↓ -55%
Humana PPO $2,542.33 ↑ +12%
Humana HMO $2,542.33 ↑ +12%

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Endo cath bile duct s&i at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $232.75 $43.68 – $665.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $232.75 $51.32 – $665.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $64.06 – $2,542.33
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $64.06 – $2,542.33
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $663.62 $72.80 – $940.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $694.06 $122.30 – $1,041.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $723.27 $122.30 – $904.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $663.62 $83.36 – $940.13

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