Ghs urine, porphyrins quant 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

$116.64

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.

$116.64

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.

$7.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $196.49 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 STAR $7.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $7.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $7.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $7.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $7.00 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.36 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $12.36 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $12.36 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $12.36 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $12.36 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $12.36 ↓ -89%
United MGMCD $12.61 ↓ -89%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $13.35 ↓ -89%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $13.60 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $13.60 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $13.60 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare STAR $13.60 ↓ -88%
Oscar MGMCR $14.42 ↓ -88%
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.71 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.71 ↓ -87%
United SmallGroup $14.71 ↓ -87%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.71 ↓ -87%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.71 ↓ -87%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $14.71 ↓ -87%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $14.71 ↓ -87%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $14.71 ↓ -87%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.71 ↓ -87%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.71 ↓ -87%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $14.71 ↓ -87%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $14.71 ↓ -87%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $14.71 ↓ -87%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.71 ↓ -87%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.71 ↓ -87%
WellMed MGMCR $14.78 ↓ -87%
Aetna MCR $14.84 ↓ -87%
Van Lang IPA MCR $14.86 ↓ -87%
United MCR $15.00 ↓ -87%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $15.15 ↓ -87%
WellCare PPO $15.15 ↓ -87%
WellCare SNP $15.15 ↓ -87%
WellCare PFFS $15.15 ↓ -87%
WellCare MCRHMO $15.15 ↓ -87%
WellCare POS $15.15 ↓ -87%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $15.45 ↓ -87%
Humana MCD $15.45 ↓ -87%
American Health Plan MGMCR $15.45 ↓ -87%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $15.45 ↓ -87%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $15.45 ↓ -87%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $15.45 ↓ -87%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $15.45 ↓ -87%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $15.45 ↓ -87%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $15.45 ↓ -87%
Shared Health MGMCR $15.45 ↓ -87%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $15.59 ↓ -87%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $15.59 ↓ -87%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $15.59 ↓ -87%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $15.59 ↓ -87%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $15.59 ↓ -87%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $15.92 ↓ -86%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $15.92 ↓ -86%
Molina MGMCR $16.03 ↓ -86%
Verda Health Plan MCR $19.12 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $19.60 ↓ -83%
Community Health Choice HIX $21.33 ↓ -82%
Superior ValueHMO $21.33 ↓ -82%
Superior EPO $22.80 ↓ -80%
Superior HMO $22.80 ↓ -80%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.71 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $31.63 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $31.84 ↓ -73%
BCBS BAV $32.80 ↓ -72%
BCBS Traditional $40.82 ↓ -65%
BCBS HMO $41.04 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $42.46 ↓ -64%
Oscar HIX $42.51 ↓ -64%
BCBS EPOSOA $43.98 ↓ -62%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $44.12 ↓ -62%
BCBS PPO $46.92 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $52.49 ↓ -55%
Aetna QHPExchange $53.89 ↓ -54%
Cigna CSN $59.93 ↓ -49%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $64.91 ↓ -44%
Aetna NBHMO $71.66 ↓ -39%
Aetna NBPPO $71.66 ↓ -39%
Aetna NBPOS $71.66 ↓ -39%
Aetna COMMPPO $76.14 ↓ -35%
Aetna COMMHMO $76.14 ↓ -35%
Aetna COMMPOS $76.14 ↓ -35%
Cigna PPO $77.23 ↓ -34%
Aetna OONHMO $89.44 ↓ -23%
Aetna OONPOS $89.44 ↓ -23%
Aetna OONPPO $89.44 ↓ -23%
Aetna ASAHMO $96.71 ↓ -17%
Aetna ASAPOS $96.71 ↓ -17%
Aetna ASAPPO $96.71 ↓ -17%
Humana HMO $196.49 ↑ +68%
Humana PPO $196.49 ↑ +68%
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