Ex sq tumor/face or scalp < 2 cm 21011 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.

$211.79 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $4,690.00 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
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $211.79
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $211.79
United MGMCD $227.26
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $232.97
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $232.97
Molina Healthcare STAR $232.97
Molina Healthcare CHIP $232.97
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $237.20
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $237.20
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $237.20
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $237.20
Humana MCD $264.74
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $267.36
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Aetna QHPExchange $1,430.00
United SmallGroup $1,534.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,732.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,784.86
Aetna NBHMO $1,899.00
Aetna NBPOS $1,899.00
BCBS BAV $1,965.32
Curative Administrators COMM $2,012.00
Aetna COMMPOS $2,017.00
Aetna COMMHMO $2,017.00
BCBS PPO $2,076.56
Oscar HIX $2,128.00
BCBS EPOSOA $2,180.39
Aetna NBPPO $2,181.00
United AllPayerAppendix $2,191.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,251.00
BCBS HMO $2,284.22
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,315.00
Aetna COMMPPO $2,317.00
Aetna OONPOS $2,374.00
Aetna OONHMO $2,374.00
Cigna CSN $2,518.00
Aetna ASAPOS $2,564.00
Aetna ASAHMO $2,564.00
Aetna OONPPO $2,727.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,728.00
Aetna ASAPPO $2,947.00
Cigna PPO $3,244.00
Humana HMO $4,690.00
Humana PPO $4,690.00

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Ex sq tumor/face or scalp < 2 cm 21011 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $227.26 – $1,784.86
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $207.55 – $1,784.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,122.74 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,765.61 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,122.74 $85.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,122.74 $211.79 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,765.61 $71.00 – $4,016.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $2,122.74 $71.00 – $4,016.35

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