Glucose blood by monitoring device cleared by fda for home use 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.

$2.07 with Superior Health Plan vs $35.49 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 CHIP $2.07
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.07
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2.07
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.07
Superior Health Plan STAR $2.07
Oscar MGMCR $3.21
CHC Harris Health Indigent $3.28
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.28
United AllPayerAppendix $3.28
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $3.28
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.28
BCBS MCRPPO $3.28
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $3.28
Devoted Health MGMCR $3.28
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $3.28
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $3.28
United SmallGroup $3.28
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.28
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $3.28
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $3.28
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $3.28
WellMed MGMCR $3.30
Aetna MCR $3.31
Van Lang IPA MCR $3.31
United MCR $3.35
WellCare POS $3.38
WellCare PPO $3.38
WellCare SNP $3.38
WellCare MCRHMO $3.38
WellCare PFFS $3.38
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $3.38
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $3.44
Superior Health Plan PFFS $3.44
American Health Plan MGMCR $3.44
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $3.44
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $3.44
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $3.44
Shared Health MGMCR $3.44
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $3.44
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $3.44
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $3.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $3.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $3.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $3.48
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $3.48
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3.55
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $3.55
Molina MGMCR $3.58
Verda Health Plan MCR $4.26
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.47
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.47
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.47
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.47
Superior ValueHMO $4.76
Community Health Choice HIX $4.76
Superior HMO $5.08
Superior EPO $5.08
United OptionsPPO $5.78
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6.63
Molina Healthcare HIX $7.05
BCBS BAV $7.31
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $7.98
BCBS HMO $9.15
Evry Health BroadNetwork $9.40
Oscar HIX $9.48
BCBS EPOSOA $9.81
BCBS PPO $10.46
Aetna QHPExchange $12.00
BCBS Traditional $12.05
Coventry National First Health COMM $12.53
Cigna CSN $13.94
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $15.10
United GlobalAppendix $15.49
Aetna NBPPO $15.96
Aetna NBHMO $15.96
Aetna NBPOS $15.96
Aetna COMMHMO $16.96
Aetna COMMPPO $16.96
Aetna COMMPOS $16.96
Cigna PPO $17.97
Aetna OONHMO $19.92
Aetna OONPPO $19.92
Aetna OONPOS $19.92
Aetna ASAPPO $21.54
Aetna ASAHMO $21.54
Aetna ASAPOS $21.54
Humana PPO $35.49
Humana HMO $35.49
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Glucose blood by monitoring device cleared by fda for home use at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $12.60 $2.36 – $36.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $12.60 $2.36 – $36.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $3.21 – $13.94
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $3.21 – $13.94
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $33.96 $3.12 – $42.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $33.96 $5.46 – $50.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $34.80 $3.12 – $43.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $33.96 $3.12 – $42.45

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