Ghs alpha thalasemia, 7 deletions 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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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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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.

$85.90 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,106.45 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

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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $85.90
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $85.90
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $85.90
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $85.90
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $85.90
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $85.90
United MGMCD $87.62
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $92.77
Molina Healthcare CHIP $94.49
Molina Healthcare STAR $94.49
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $94.49
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $94.49
Oscar MGMCR $100.21
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $102.26
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $102.26
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $102.26
United AllPayerAppendix $102.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $102.26
United SmallGroup $102.26
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $102.26
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $102.26
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $102.26
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $102.26
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $102.26
BCBS MCRPPO $102.26
Devoted Health MGMCR $102.26
CHC Harris Health Indigent $102.26
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $102.26
WellMed MGMCR $102.77
Aetna MCR $103.13
Van Lang IPA MCR $103.28
United MCR $104.31
WellCare PPO $105.33
WellCare PFFS $105.33
WellCare SNP $105.33
WellCare MCRHMO $105.33
WellCare POS $105.33
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $105.33
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $107.37
American Health Plan MGMCR $107.37
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $107.37
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $107.37
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $107.37
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $107.37
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $107.37
Superior Health Plan PFFS $107.37
Shared Health MGMCR $107.37
Humana MCD $107.38
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $108.40
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $108.40
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $108.40
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $108.40
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $108.40
Molina MGMCR $111.46
Verda Health Plan MCR $132.94
Superior ValueHMO $148.28
Community Health Choice HIX $148.28
Superior EPO $158.50
Superior HMO $158.50
BCBS MyBlueHealth $206.57
Molina Healthcare HIX $219.86
BCBS BAV $228.04
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $248.49
BCBS HMO $285.31
Oscar HIX $295.53
BCBS EPOSOA $305.76
BCBS PPO $326.21
Aetna QHPExchange $374.61
Cigna CSN $420.96
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $455.96
Aetna NBPPO $498.19
Aetna NBHMO $498.19
Aetna NBPOS $498.19
Aetna COMMPPO $529.27
Aetna COMMHMO $529.27
Aetna COMMPOS $529.27
Cigna PPO $542.49
Aetna OONHMO $621.76
Aetna OONPPO $621.76
Aetna OONPOS $621.76
Aetna ASAPOS $672.28
Aetna ASAHMO $672.28
Aetna ASAPPO $672.28
Humana HMO $1,106.45
Humana PPO $1,106.45
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Ghs alpha thalasemia, 7 deletions at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $2,402.84 $85.90 – $420.96
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $84.18 – $420.96
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $663.50 $10.00 – $829.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $620.57 $12.00 – $930.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $553.69 $12.00 – $692.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $663.50 $10.00 – $829.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $620.57 $12.00 – $930.85
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $620.57 $8.00 – $930.85

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