Endoskel knee-shin mnl lock 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.

$644.92 with Oscar vs $5,062.07 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 $644.92
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $658.08
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $658.08
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $658.08
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $658.08
CHC Harris Health Indigent $658.08
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $658.08
BCBS MCRPPO $658.08
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $658.08
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $658.08
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $658.08
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $658.08
Devoted Health MGMCR $658.08
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $658.08
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $658.08
WellMed MGMCR $661.37
Aetna MCR $663.67
Van Lang IPA MCR $664.66
United MCR $671.24
WellCare MCRHMO $677.82
WellCare PFFS $677.82
WellCare POS $677.82
WellCare PPO $677.82
WellCare SNP $677.82
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $677.82
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $690.98
American Health Plan MGMCR $690.98
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $690.98
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $690.98
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $690.98
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $690.98
Superior Health Plan PFFS $690.98
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $690.98
Shared Health MGMCR $690.98
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $697.56
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $697.56
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $697.56
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $697.56
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $697.56
Molina MGMCR $717.31
Verda Health Plan MCR $855.50
Superior ValueHMO $954.22
Community Health Choice HIX $954.22
Superior EPO $1,020.02
Superior HMO $1,020.02
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,414.87
Humana HMO $5,062.07
Humana PPO $5,062.07

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Endoskel knee-shin mnl lock at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $644.92 – $1,414.87
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $644.92 – $1,414.87
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $644.92 – $1,414.87
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $644.92 – $1,414.87
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $644.92 – $1,414.87
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $644.92 – $1,414.87
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $644.92 – $1,414.87
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $644.92 – $1,414.87

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