Immobilizer shldr cntor adlt 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.

$129.38 with Oscar vs $1,015.49 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
Oscar MGMCR $129.38
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $132.02
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $132.02
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $132.02
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $132.02
CHC Harris Health Indigent $132.02
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $132.02
BCBS MCRPPO $132.02
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $132.02
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $132.02
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $132.02
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $132.02
Devoted Health MGMCR $132.02
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $132.02
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $132.02
WellMed MGMCR $132.68
Aetna MCR $133.14
Van Lang IPA MCR $133.34
United MCR $134.66
WellCare MCRHMO $135.98
WellCare PFFS $135.98
WellCare POS $135.98
WellCare PPO $135.98
WellCare SNP $135.98
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $135.98
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $138.62
American Health Plan MGMCR $138.62
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $138.62
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $138.62
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $138.62
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $138.62
Superior Health Plan PFFS $138.62
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $138.62
Shared Health MGMCR $138.62
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $139.94
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $139.94
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $139.94
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $139.94
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $139.94
Molina MGMCR $143.90
Verda Health Plan MCR $171.63
Superior ValueHMO $191.43
Community Health Choice HIX $191.43
Superior EPO $204.63
Superior HMO $204.63
Molina Healthcare HIX $283.84
Humana HMO $1,015.49
Humana PPO $1,015.49

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Immobilizer shldr cntor adlt at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $146.30 $79.80 – $380.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $146.30 $79.80 – $380.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $129.38 – $283.84
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $129.38 – $283.84
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $698.00 $129.38 – $283.84
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $265.36 not published
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $231.00 $129.38 – $283.84
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $100.80 $17.59 – $124.20

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