Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step cryptococcus neoformans 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

$215.52

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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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$215.52

Gross charge

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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.

$11.27 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $160.14 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
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $11.27 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $11.27 ↓ -95%
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $11.27 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $11.27 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $11.27 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $11.27 ↓ -95%
United MGMCD $11.50 ↓ -95%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $12.17 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STAR $12.40 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $12.40 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $12.40 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $12.40 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $12.93 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $12.93 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $12.93 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $12.93 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $12.93 ↓ -94%
Oscar MGMCR $13.15 ↓ -94%
Devoted Health MGMCR $13.42 ↓ -94%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.42 ↓ -94%
United SmallGroup $13.42 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.42 ↓ -94%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.42 ↓ -94%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $13.42 ↓ -94%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $13.42 ↓ -94%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $13.42 ↓ -94%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.42 ↓ -94%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.42 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $13.42 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $13.42 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $13.42 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $13.42 ↓ -94%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $13.42 ↓ -94%
WellMed MGMCR $13.49 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $13.53 ↓ -94%
Van Lang IPA MCR $13.55 ↓ -94%
United MCR $13.69 ↓ -94%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $13.82 ↓ -94%
WellCare PPO $13.82 ↓ -94%
WellCare SNP $13.82 ↓ -94%
WellCare PFFS $13.82 ↓ -94%
WellCare MCRHMO $13.82 ↓ -94%
WellCare POS $13.82 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $14.09 ↓ -93%
Humana MCD $14.09 ↓ -93%
American Health Plan MGMCR $14.09 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $14.09 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $14.09 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $14.09 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $14.09 ↓ -93%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $14.09 ↓ -93%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $14.09 ↓ -93%
Shared Health MGMCR $14.09 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $14.23 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $14.23 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $14.23 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $14.23 ↓ -93%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $14.23 ↓ -93%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $14.52 ↓ -93%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $14.52 ↓ -93%
Molina MGMCR $14.63 ↓ -93%
Verda Health Plan MCR $17.45 ↓ -92%
Superior ValueHMO $19.46 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice HIX $19.46 ↓ -91%
Superior EPO $20.80 ↓ -90%
Superior HMO $20.80 ↓ -90%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $27.11 ↓ -87%
Molina Healthcare HIX $28.85 ↓ -87%
BCBS BAV $29.93 ↓ -86%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $35.96 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $36.21 ↓ -83%
BCBS HMO $37.44 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $38.78 ↓ -82%
BCBS EPOSOA $40.13 ↓ -81%
BCBS PPO $42.81 ↓ -80%
Aetna QHPExchange $49.16 ↓ -77%
Cigna CSN $55.77 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $58.84 ↓ -73%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $60.41 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBPOS $65.38 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBPPO $65.38 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBHMO $65.38 ↓ -70%
Aetna COMMPPO $69.46 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMHMO $69.46 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPOS $69.46 ↓ -68%
Cigna PPO $71.87 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $75.43 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $78.45 ↓ -64%
Aetna OONPPO $81.60 ↓ -62%
Aetna OONPOS $81.60 ↓ -62%
Aetna OONHMO $81.60 ↓ -62%
Aetna ASAPOS $88.23 ↓ -59%
Aetna ASAPPO $88.23 ↓ -59%
Aetna ASAHMO $88.23 ↓ -59%
United GlobalAppendix $96.98 ↓ -55%
Humana HMO $160.14 ↓ -26%
Humana PPO $160.14 ↓ -26%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step cryptococcus neoformans at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $11.27 – $55.77
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $11.04 – $55.77
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $94.17 $12.08 – $51.67
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $86.83 $10.00 – $108.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $94.66 $12.00 – $141.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $91.90 $11.27 – $114.88
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $86.83 $10.00 – $108.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $94.66 $12.00 – $141.98

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