Fresh frozen plasma frozen within 8 hours of collection each unit 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.

$9.97 with Superior Health Plan vs $705.27 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 CHIP $9.97
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $9.97
Superior Health Plan STARKids $9.97
Superior Health Plan STAR $9.97
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $9.97
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $21.60
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $21.60
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $21.60
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $21.60
Cigna CSN $24.59
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $26.58
BCBS MyBlueHealth $27.08
United OptionsPPO $27.91
BCBS BAV $29.90
Cigna PPO $31.56
Oscar HIX $32.40
BCBS HMO $37.38
BCBS EPOSOA $38.21
BCBS PPO $38.87
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $42.36
Evry Health BroadNetwork $45.35
BCBS Traditional $58.15
Coventry National First Health COMM $60.47
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $66.45
Curative Administrators COMM $66.45
United GlobalAppendix $74.76
Aetna QHPExchange $313.06
Aetna NBPOS $416.33
Aetna NBHMO $416.33
Aetna NBPPO $416.33
Aetna COMMPOS $442.31
Aetna COMMPPO $442.31
Aetna COMMHMO $442.31
Aetna OONPPO $519.60
Aetna OONHMO $519.60
Aetna OONPOS $519.60
Aetna ASAHMO $561.82
Aetna ASAPOS $561.82
Aetna ASAPPO $561.82
Humana HMO $705.27
Humana PPO $705.27

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Fresh frozen plasma frozen within 8 hours of collection each unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $162.75 $94.00 – $465.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $162.75 $88.00 – $465.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $313.06 – $705.27
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $313.06 – $705.27
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $859.45 $313.06 – $705.27
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $21.84 not published
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $405.28 $313.06 – $705.27
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $136.85 $88.00 – $293.25

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