Ghs protein, misc fluid 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.

$4.71 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $69.14 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.71
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $4.71
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.71
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.71
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.71
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $4.71
United MGMCD $4.80
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $5.09
Molina Healthcare CHIP $5.18
Molina Healthcare STAR $5.18
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $5.18
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $5.18
Oscar MGMCR $5.50
United SmallGroup $5.61
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.61
United AllPayerAppendix $5.61
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $5.61
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.61
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $5.61
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.61
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $5.61
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $5.61
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $5.61
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $5.61
CHC Harris Health Indigent $5.61
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.61
BCBS MCRPPO $5.61
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $5.61
WellMed MGMCR $5.64
Aetna MCR $5.66
Van Lang IPA MCR $5.67
United MCR $5.72
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $5.78
WellCare PPO $5.78
WellCare SNP $5.78
WellCare POS $5.78
WellCare MCRHMO $5.78
WellCare PFFS $5.78
American Health Plan MGMCR $5.89
Superior Health Plan PFFS $5.89
Humana MCD $5.89
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $5.89
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $5.89
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $5.89
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $5.89
Shared Health MGMCR $5.89
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $5.89
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $5.89
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $5.95
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $5.95
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $5.95
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $5.95
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $5.95
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $6.07
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $6.07
Molina MGMCR $6.11
Verda Health Plan MCR $7.29
Superior ValueHMO $8.13
Community Health Choice HIX $8.13
Superior HMO $8.70
Superior EPO $8.70
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11.33
Molina Healthcare HIX $12.06
BCBS BAV $12.51
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $15.53
BCBS HMO $15.65
Oscar HIX $16.21
BCBS EPOSOA $16.77
BCBS PPO $17.90
Aetna QHPExchange $20.53
Cigna CSN $23.69
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $25.65
Aetna NBPOS $27.31
Aetna NBHMO $27.31
Aetna NBPPO $27.31
Aetna COMMHMO $29.01
Aetna COMMPPO $29.01
Aetna COMMPOS $29.01
Cigna PPO $30.52
Aetna OONPOS $34.08
Aetna OONHMO $34.08
Aetna OONPPO $34.08
Aetna ASAHMO $36.85
Aetna ASAPOS $36.85
Aetna ASAPPO $36.85
Humana HMO $69.14
Humana PPO $69.14
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Ghs protein, misc fluid at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $4.71 – $23.69
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $4.62 – $23.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $24.60 $4.71 – $30.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $24.60 $5.06 – $36.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $24.60 $4.71 – $30.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $24.60 $4.71 – $30.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $24.60 $5.04 – $36.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $24.60 $4.71 – $36.90

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