Forearm/arm cuffs ext/flex a 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

$3,992.00

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.

$3,992.00

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.

$239.52 with Superior Health Plan vs $9,598.87 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 STARPLUS $239.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $239.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $239.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $239.52 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $239.52 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $518.96 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $518.96 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $518.96 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $518.96 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $590.82 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $638.72 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $650.70 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $670.66 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $718.56 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $758.48 ↓ -81%
BCBS HMO $898.20 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $918.16 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $934.13 ↓ -77%
Oscar MGMCR $1,222.92 ↓ -69%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $1,247.88 ↓ -69%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $1,247.88 ↓ -69%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1,247.88 ↓ -69%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $1,247.88 ↓ -69%
Devoted Health MGMCR $1,247.88 ↓ -69%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $1,247.88 ↓ -69%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $1,247.88 ↓ -69%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,247.88 ↓ -69%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $1,247.88 ↓ -69%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $1,247.88 ↓ -69%
BCBS MCRPPO $1,247.88 ↓ -69%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $1,247.88 ↓ -69%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $1,247.88 ↓ -69%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $1,247.88 ↓ -69%
WellMed MGMCR $1,254.12 ↓ -69%
Aetna MCR $1,258.49 ↓ -68%
Van Lang IPA MCR $1,260.36 ↓ -68%
United MCR $1,272.84 ↓ -68%
WellCare PPO $1,285.32 ↓ -68%
WellCare SNP $1,285.32 ↓ -68%
WellCare POS $1,285.32 ↓ -68%
WellCare MCRHMO $1,285.32 ↓ -68%
WellCare PFFS $1,285.32 ↓ -68%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $1,285.32 ↓ -68%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $1,310.27 ↓ -67%
Shared Health MGMCR $1,310.27 ↓ -67%
American Health Plan MGMCR $1,310.27 ↓ -67%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $1,310.27 ↓ -67%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $1,310.27 ↓ -67%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $1,310.27 ↓ -67%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $1,310.27 ↓ -67%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $1,310.27 ↓ -67%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $1,310.27 ↓ -67%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $1,322.75 ↓ -67%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $1,322.75 ↓ -67%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $1,322.75 ↓ -67%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $1,322.75 ↓ -67%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $1,322.75 ↓ -67%
Molina MGMCR $1,360.19 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $1,397.20 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,453.09 ↓ -64%
Verda Health Plan MCR $1,622.24 ↓ -59%
United GlobalAppendix $1,796.40 ↓ -55%
Superior ValueHMO $1,809.43 ↓ -55%
Community Health Choice HIX $1,809.43 ↓ -55%
Superior EPO $1,934.21 ↓ -52%
Superior HMO $1,934.21 ↓ -52%
Molina Healthcare HIX $2,682.94 ↓ -33%
Humana HMO $9,598.87 ↑ +140%
Humana PPO $9,598.87 ↑ +140%

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Forearm/arm cuffs ext/flex a at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,222.92 – $2,682.94
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1,222.92 – $2,682.94
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $42.66 $11.31 – $53.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $42.66 $8.21 – $59.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $42.66 $7.98 – $53.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $42.66 $10.64 – $53.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $42.66 $12.81 – $59.86
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $42.66 $20.62 – $59.86

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