Glucagon plasma - sendout 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.

$12.00 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $190.86 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 $12.00
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $12.00
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.00
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $12.00
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $12.00
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $12.00
United MGMCD $12.24
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $12.96
Molina Healthcare CHIP $13.20
Molina Healthcare STAR $13.20
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $13.20
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $13.20
Oscar MGMCR $14.00
United SmallGroup $14.29
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.29
United AllPayerAppendix $14.29
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $14.29
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.29
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $14.29
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.29
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $14.29
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $14.29
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.29
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.29
CHC Harris Health Indigent $14.29
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.29
BCBS MCRPPO $14.29
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $14.29
WellMed MGMCR $14.36
Aetna MCR $14.41
Van Lang IPA MCR $14.43
United MCR $14.58
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $14.72
WellCare PPO $14.72
WellCare SNP $14.72
WellCare POS $14.72
WellCare MCRHMO $14.72
WellCare PFFS $14.72
American Health Plan MGMCR $15.00
Superior Health Plan PFFS $15.00
Humana MCD $15.00
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $15.00
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $15.00
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $15.00
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $15.00
Shared Health MGMCR $15.00
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $15.00
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $15.00
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $15.15
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $15.15
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $15.15
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $15.15
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $15.15
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $15.47
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $15.47
Molina MGMCR $15.58
Verda Health Plan MCR $18.58
Community Health Choice HIX $20.72
Superior ValueHMO $20.72
Superior EPO $22.15
Superior HMO $22.15
BCBS MyBlueHealth $28.87
Molina Healthcare HIX $30.72
BCBS BAV $31.87
BCBS HMO $39.87
Oscar HIX $41.30
BCBS EPOSOA $42.73
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $42.87
BCBS PPO $45.59
Aetna QHPExchange $52.35
Cigna CSN $58.54
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $63.41
Aetna NBPOS $69.61
Aetna NBHMO $69.61
Aetna NBPPO $69.61
Aetna COMMHMO $73.96
Aetna COMMPPO $73.96
Aetna COMMPOS $73.96
Cigna PPO $75.44
Aetna OONPOS $86.88
Aetna OONHMO $86.88
Aetna OONPPO $86.88
Aetna ASAHMO $93.94
Aetna ASAPOS $93.94
Aetna ASAPPO $93.94
Humana HMO $190.86
Humana PPO $190.86
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Glucagon plasma - sendout at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $47.25 $10.29 – $135.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $273.00 $11.76 – $58.54
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $47.25 $10.29 – $135.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $12.00 – $58.54
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $93.45 $10.00 – $116.81
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $114.41 $12.00 – $171.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $111.07 $12.00 – $138.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $93.45 $10.00 – $116.81

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