Ihc/icc per specimen each additional single antibody stain 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.

$34.03 with Superior Health Plan vs $657.64 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 CHPFC $34.03
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $34.03
Superior Health Plan STARKids $34.03
Superior Health Plan STAR $34.03
Superior Health Plan CHIP $34.03
Aetna MCR $37.61
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $65.25
United SmallGroup $65.25
United AllPayerAppendix $65.25
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $73.74
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $73.74
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $73.74
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $73.74
United OptionsPPO $95.30
Oscar HIX $110.61
BCBS MyBlueHealth $130.31
BCBS BAV $143.86
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $144.65
Molina Healthcare HIX $153.16
Evry Health BroadNetwork $154.86
CHC Harris Health Indigent $170.18
BCBS HMO $179.98
BCBS EPOSOA $192.88
BCBS Traditional $198.54
BCBS PPO $205.79
Coventry National First Health COMM $206.48
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $226.90
Aetna QHPExchange $232.18
Cigna CSN $243.95
United GlobalAppendix $255.26
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $264.23
Aetna NBPPO $308.77
Aetna NBHMO $308.77
Aetna NBPOS $308.77
Cigna PPO $314.38
Aetna COMMHMO $328.04
Aetna COMMPPO $328.04
Aetna COMMPOS $328.04
Aetna OONPOS $385.36
Aetna OONHMO $385.36
Aetna OONPPO $385.36
Aetna ASAHMO $416.67
Aetna ASAPPO $416.67
Aetna ASAPOS $416.67
Humana HMO $657.64
Humana PPO $657.64
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Ihc/icc per specimen each additional single antibody stain at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $187.60 $77.41 – $536.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $187.60 $94.18 – $536.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $65.25 – $657.64
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $65.25 – $657.64
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $541.08 $248.36 – $248.36
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $217.04 $28.00 – $157.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $153.27 $20.34 – $148.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $117.90 $19.77 – $333.52

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