Foot drp splt w/exp heel lg 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.

$93.54 with Oscar vs $734.20 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 $93.54
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $95.45
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $95.45
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $95.45
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $95.45
CHC Harris Health Indigent $95.45
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $95.45
BCBS MCRPPO $95.45
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $95.45
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $95.45
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $95.45
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $95.45
Devoted Health MGMCR $95.45
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $95.45
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $95.45
WellMed MGMCR $95.93
Aetna MCR $96.26
Van Lang IPA MCR $96.40
United MCR $97.36
WellCare MCRHMO $98.31
WellCare PFFS $98.31
WellCare POS $98.31
WellCare PPO $98.31
WellCare SNP $98.31
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $98.31
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $100.22
American Health Plan MGMCR $100.22
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $100.22
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $100.22
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $100.22
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $100.22
Superior Health Plan PFFS $100.22
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $100.22
Shared Health MGMCR $100.22
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $101.18
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $101.18
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $101.18
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $101.18
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $101.18
Molina MGMCR $104.04
Verda Health Plan MCR $124.09
Superior ValueHMO $138.40
Community Health Choice HIX $138.40
Superior EPO $147.95
Superior HMO $147.95
Molina Healthcare HIX $205.22
Humana HMO $734.20
Humana PPO $734.20

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Foot drp splt w/exp heel lg at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $93.54 – $205.22
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $93.54 – $205.22
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $484.00 $93.54 – $205.22
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $1,289.36 $93.54 – $205.22
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $93.54 – $205.22
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $93.54 – $205.22
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $93.54 – $205.22
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $93.54 – $205.22

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