Flexible metal hinge pair 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.

$242.64 with Oscar vs $1,904.56 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 $242.64
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $247.59
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $247.59
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $247.59
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $247.59
CHC Harris Health Indigent $247.59
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $247.59
BCBS MCRPPO $247.59
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $247.59
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $247.59
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $247.59
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $247.59
Devoted Health MGMCR $247.59
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $247.59
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $247.59
WellMed MGMCR $248.83
Aetna MCR $249.69
Van Lang IPA MCR $250.07
United MCR $252.54
WellCare MCRHMO $255.02
WellCare PFFS $255.02
WellCare POS $255.02
WellCare PPO $255.02
WellCare SNP $255.02
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $255.02
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $259.97
American Health Plan MGMCR $259.97
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $259.97
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $259.97
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $259.97
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $259.97
Superior Health Plan PFFS $259.97
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $259.97
Shared Health MGMCR $259.97
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $262.45
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $262.45
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $262.45
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $262.45
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $262.45
Molina MGMCR $269.87
Verda Health Plan MCR $321.87
Superior ValueHMO $359.01
Community Health Choice HIX $359.01
Superior EPO $383.76
Superior HMO $383.76
Molina Healthcare HIX $532.32
Humana HMO $1,904.56
Humana PPO $1,904.56

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Flexible metal hinge pair at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $242.64 – $532.32
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $242.64 – $532.32
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $242.64 – $532.32
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $242.64 – $532.32
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $242.64 – $532.32
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $242.64 – $532.32
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $242.64 – $532.32
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $242.64 – $532.32

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