#fecal-sodium 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.

$3.50 with Superior Health Plan vs $64.92 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 STAR $3.50
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $3.50
Superior Health Plan CHIP $3.50
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $3.50
Superior Health Plan STARKids $3.50
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.08
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.08
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $4.08
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $4.08
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.08
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.08
United MGMCD $4.16
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $4.41
Molina Healthcare CHIP $4.49
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $4.49
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $4.49
Molina Healthcare STAR $4.49
Oscar MGMCR $4.76
BCBS MCRPPO $4.86
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $4.86
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.86
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.86
CHC Harris Health Indigent $4.86
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $4.86
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.86
United SmallGroup $4.86
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.86
Devoted Health MGMCR $4.86
United AllPayerAppendix $4.86
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $4.86
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $4.86
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.86
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $4.86
WellMed MGMCR $4.88
Aetna MCR $4.90
Van Lang IPA MCR $4.91
United MCR $4.96
WellCare SNP $5.01
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $5.01
WellCare PFFS $5.01
WellCare PPO $5.01
WellCare MCRHMO $5.01
WellCare POS $5.01
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $5.10
Humana MCD $5.10
American Health Plan MGMCR $5.10
Shared Health MGMCR $5.10
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $5.10
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $5.10
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $5.10
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $5.10
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $5.10
Superior Health Plan PFFS $5.10
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $5.15
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $5.15
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $5.15
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $5.15
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $5.15
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.26
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5.26
Molina MGMCR $5.30
Verda Health Plan MCR $6.32
Superior ValueHMO $7.05
Community Health Choice HIX $7.05
Superior EPO $7.53
Superior HMO $7.53
United OptionsPPO $9.80
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9.82
Molina Healthcare HIX $10.45
BCBS BAV $10.84
BCBS HMO $13.56
Oscar HIX $14.05
BCBS EPOSOA $14.53
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $14.58
BCBS PPO $15.50
Evry Health BroadNetwork $15.93
Aetna QHPExchange $17.79
Cigna CSN $19.53
BCBS Traditional $20.43
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $21.15
Coventry National First Health COMM $21.24
Aetna NBPPO $23.65
Aetna NBHMO $23.65
Aetna NBPOS $23.65
Aetna COMMPPO $25.13
Aetna COMMPOS $25.13
Aetna COMMHMO $25.13
Cigna PPO $25.17
United GlobalAppendix $26.26
Aetna OONPPO $29.52
Aetna OONHMO $29.52
Aetna OONPOS $29.52
Aetna ASAPPO $31.92
Aetna ASAPOS $31.92
Aetna ASAHMO $31.92
Humana PPO $64.92
Humana HMO $64.92
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#fecal-sodium at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $25.20 $3.50 – $72.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $25.20 $3.50 – $72.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $4.08 – $19.53
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $4.00 – $19.53
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $42.21 $4.08 – $16.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $52.72 $2.63 – $19.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $49.45 $4.08 – $16.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $42.21 $4.08 – $16.00

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