Graft impl ult thck 6x12cm -cost per sq cm 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

$2,526.00

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.

$2,526.00

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.

$51.33 with United vs $1,136.70 with United — 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
United AllPayerAppendix $51.33 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $51.33 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $69.17 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $75.29 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $76.23 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $81.51 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $95.28 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $95.28 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $95.28 ↓ -96%
Cigna PPO $97.06 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STAR $151.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $151.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $151.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $151.56 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $151.56 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $167.47 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $209.78 ↓ -92%
Humana HMO $303.01 ↓ -88%
Humana PPO $303.01 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $328.38 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $328.38 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $328.38 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $328.38 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $424.37 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare HIX $682.02 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $757.80 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $884.10 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $919.46 ↓ -64%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,010.40 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $1,136.70 ↓ -55%

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Graft impl ult thck 6x12cm -cost per sq cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $40,917.45 $31.76 – $1,554.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $906.00 $51.33 – $303.01
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $40,917.45 $38.47 – $1,554.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $51.33 – $303.01
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $27,603.28 $12.30 – $268.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $27,603.28 $8.94 – $65.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $27,603.28 $8.68 – $131.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $27,603.28 $11.58 – $268.77

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