Flow cytometry one marker technical component 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

$455.76

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.

$455.76

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.

$27.35 with Superior Health Plan vs $904.08 with BCBS — 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 CHIP $27.35 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $27.35 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $27.35 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $27.35 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $27.35 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $59.25 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $59.25 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $59.25 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $59.25 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $76.57 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $88.87 ↓ -81%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $116.22 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $124.42 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $159.52 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $165.90 ↓ -64%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $182.30 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $205.09 ↓ -55%
Aetna QHPExchange $260.57 ↓ -43%
United AllPayerAppendix $291.26 ↓ -36%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $291.26 ↓ -36%
United SmallGroup $291.26 ↓ -36%
Cigna CSN $308.90 ↓ -32%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $334.58 ↓ -27%
Aetna NBPOS $346.52 ↓ -24%
Aetna NBHMO $346.52 ↓ -24%
Aetna NBPPO $346.52 ↓ -24%
Aetna COMMPPO $368.15 ↓ -19%
Aetna COMMPOS $368.15 ↓ -19%
Aetna COMMHMO $368.15 ↓ -19%
Cigna PPO $398.08 ↓ -13%
Aetna OONPOS $432.48 ↓ -5%
Aetna OONPPO $432.48 ↓ -5%
Aetna OONHMO $432.48 ↓ -5%
Aetna ASAPPO $467.62 ↑ +3%
Aetna ASAHMO $467.62 ↑ +3%
Aetna ASAPOS $467.62 ↑ +3%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $572.49 ↑ +26%
BCBS BAV $632.00 ↑ +39%
Humana HMO $689.45 ↑ +51%
Humana PPO $689.45 ↑ +51%
BCBS HMO $790.71 ↑ +73%
BCBS EPOSOA $847.40 ↑ +86%
BCBS PPO $904.08 ↑ +98%
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Flow cytometry one marker technical component at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $493.15 $42.08 – $1,409.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $493.15 $165.02 – $1,409.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $260.57 – $689.45
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $260.57 – $689.45
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $964.99 $1,091.13 – $1,091.13
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,230.08 $7.58 – $890.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,230.08 $5.50 – $890.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,230.08 $5.35 – $890.45

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