Ghs fish cytogen 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.

$1.90 with Superior Health Plan vs $286.08 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 CHPFC $1.90
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.90
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.90
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.90
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.90
United OptionsPPO $5.32
Evry Health BroadNetwork $8.65
BCBS Traditional $11.09
Coventry National First Health COMM $11.53
United GlobalAppendix $14.26
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $17.99
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $17.99
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $17.99
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $17.99
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $17.99
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $17.99
United MGMCD $18.35
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $19.43
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $19.79
Molina Healthcare CHIP $19.79
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $19.79
Molina Healthcare STAR $19.79
Oscar MGMCR $20.99
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $21.42
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $21.42
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $21.42
United AllPayerAppendix $21.42
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $21.42
United SmallGroup $21.42
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $21.42
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $21.42
Devoted Health MGMCR $21.42
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $21.42
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $21.42
BCBS MCRPPO $21.42
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $21.42
CHC Harris Health Indigent $21.42
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $21.42
WellMed MGMCR $21.53
Aetna MCR $21.60
Van Lang IPA MCR $21.63
United MCR $21.85
WellCare POS $22.06
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $22.06
WellCare PFFS $22.06
WellCare MCRHMO $22.06
WellCare PPO $22.06
WellCare SNP $22.06
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $22.49
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $22.49
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $22.49
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $22.49
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $22.49
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $22.49
Humana MCD $22.49
American Health Plan MGMCR $22.49
Superior Health Plan PFFS $22.49
Shared Health MGMCR $22.49
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $22.71
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $22.71
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $22.71
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $22.71
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $22.71
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $23.18
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $23.18
Molina MGMCR $23.35
Verda Health Plan MCR $27.85
Superior ValueHMO $31.06
Community Health Choice HIX $31.06
Superior HMO $33.20
Superior EPO $33.20
BCBS MyBlueHealth $43.27
Molina Healthcare HIX $46.05
BCBS BAV $47.77
BCBS HMO $59.76
Oscar HIX $61.90
BCBS EPOSOA $64.05
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $64.25
BCBS PPO $68.33
Aetna QHPExchange $78.47
Cigna CSN $87.81
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $95.11
Aetna NBPOS $104.35
Aetna NBPPO $104.35
Aetna NBHMO $104.35
Aetna COMMHMO $110.87
Aetna COMMPPO $110.87
Aetna COMMPOS $110.87
Cigna PPO $113.16
Aetna OONHMO $130.24
Aetna OONPOS $130.24
Aetna OONPPO $130.24
Aetna ASAHMO $140.82
Aetna ASAPPO $140.82
Aetna ASAPOS $140.82
Humana HMO $286.08
Humana PPO $286.08
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Ghs fish cytogen at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $304.15 $15.42 – $869.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $175.00 $17.63 – $87.81
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $304.15 $15.42 – $869.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $17.99 – $87.81
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,521.15 $9.86 – $51.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,521.15 $3.38 – $51.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,521.15 $12.71 – $51.41
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