Hemodialysis one evaluation 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

$4,226.44

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.

$4,226.44

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.

$253.59 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,901.90 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $253.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $253.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $253.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $253.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $253.59 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $549.44 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $549.44 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $549.44 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $549.44 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $625.51 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $676.23 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $688.91 ↓ -84%
Humana PPO $705.18 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $705.18 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $710.04 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $760.76 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $803.02 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $824.16 ↓ -80%
Aetna QHPExchange $946.72 ↓ -78%
BCBS HMO $950.95 ↓ -77%
BCBS EPOSOA $972.08 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $988.99 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,077.74 ↓ -75%
Aetna NBPPO $1,153.82 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $1,153.82 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBHMO $1,153.82 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,153.82 ↓ -73%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,221.44 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,221.44 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,221.44 ↓ -71%
Aetna OONHMO $1,441.22 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONPOS $1,441.22 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONPPO $1,441.22 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $1,479.25 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,538.42 ↓ -64%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,555.33 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,555.33 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,555.33 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,690.58 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,690.58 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $1,901.90 ↓ -55%

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Hemodialysis one evaluation at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $2,707.09 $705.18 – $705.18
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $1,450.40 $100.00 – $4,144.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $1,450.40 $100.00 – $4,144.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $705.18 – $705.18
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,147.82 $608.55 – $2,684.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,671.91 $344.14 – $2,507.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,364.27 $272.85 – $1,731.11
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,147.82 $572.75 – $2,684.78

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