Ewhfo w/joint(s) cf 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

$2,338.00

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.

$2,338.00

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.

$140.28 with Superior Health Plan vs $11,743.81 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 $140.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $140.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $140.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $140.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $140.28 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $303.94 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $303.94 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $303.94 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $303.94 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $346.02 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $374.08 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $381.09 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $392.78 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $420.84 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $444.22 ↓ -81%
BCBS HMO $526.05 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $537.74 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $547.09 ↓ -77%
BCBS Traditional $818.30 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $851.03 ↓ -64%
United GlobalAppendix $1,052.10 ↓ -55%
Oscar MGMCR $1,496.21 ↓ -36%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1,526.74 ↓ -35%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $1,526.74 ↓ -35%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $1,526.74 ↓ -35%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,526.74 ↓ -35%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $1,526.74 ↓ -35%
Devoted Health MGMCR $1,526.74 ↓ -35%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $1,526.74 ↓ -35%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $1,526.74 ↓ -35%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $1,526.74 ↓ -35%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $1,526.74 ↓ -35%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $1,526.74 ↓ -35%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $1,526.74 ↓ -35%
BCBS MCRPPO $1,526.74 ↓ -35%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $1,526.74 ↓ -35%
WellMed MGMCR $1,534.37 ↓ -34%
Aetna MCR $1,539.72 ↓ -34%
Van Lang IPA MCR $1,542.01 ↓ -34%
United MCR $1,557.27 ↓ -33%
WellCare PPO $1,572.54 ↓ -33%
WellCare SNP $1,572.54 ↓ -33%
WellCare POS $1,572.54 ↓ -33%
WellCare MCRHMO $1,572.54 ↓ -33%
WellCare PFFS $1,572.54 ↓ -33%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $1,572.54 ↓ -33%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $1,603.08 ↓ -31%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $1,603.08 ↓ -31%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $1,603.08 ↓ -31%
American Health Plan MGMCR $1,603.08 ↓ -31%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $1,603.08 ↓ -31%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $1,603.08 ↓ -31%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $1,603.08 ↓ -31%
Shared Health MGMCR $1,603.08 ↓ -31%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $1,603.08 ↓ -31%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $1,618.34 ↓ -31%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $1,618.34 ↓ -31%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $1,618.34 ↓ -31%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $1,618.34 ↓ -31%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $1,618.34 ↓ -31%
Molina MGMCR $1,664.15 ↓ -29%
Verda Health Plan MCR $1,984.76 ↓ -15%
Superior ValueHMO $2,213.77 ↓ -5%
Community Health Choice HIX $2,213.77 ↓ -5%
Superior EPO $2,366.45 ↑ +1%
Superior HMO $2,366.45 ↑ +1%
Molina Healthcare HIX $3,282.49 ↑ +40%
Humana HMO $11,743.81 ↑ +402%
Humana PPO $11,743.81 ↑ +402%

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Ewhfo w/joint(s) cf at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,496.21 – $3,282.49
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1,496.21 – $3,282.49
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $608.22 $364.93 – $1,303.32
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $913.05 $313.05 – $1,695.66
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $1,496.21 – $3,282.49
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $1,496.21 – $3,282.49
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $1,496.21 – $3,282.49
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $1,496.21 – $3,282.49

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