Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step cryptosporidium 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

$31.89

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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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$31.89

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.

$1.91 with Superior Health Plan 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
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1.91 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.91 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.91 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.91 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.91 ↓ -94%
United OptionsPPO $5.36 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $8.71 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $11.16 ↓ -65%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $11.61 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $11.61 ↓ -64%
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $11.61 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $11.61 ↓ -64%
Coventry National First Health COMM $11.61 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $11.61 ↓ -64%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $11.61 ↓ -64%
United MGMCD $11.84 ↓ -63%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $12.54 ↓ -61%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $12.77 ↓ -60%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $12.77 ↓ -60%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $12.77 ↓ -60%
Molina Healthcare STAR $12.77 ↓ -60%
Oscar MGMCR $13.54 ↓ -58%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $13.82 ↓ -57%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.82 ↓ -57%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $13.82 ↓ -57%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.82 ↓ -57%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.82 ↓ -57%
United SmallGroup $13.82 ↓ -57%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $13.82 ↓ -57%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $13.82 ↓ -57%
Devoted Health MGMCR $13.82 ↓ -57%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $13.82 ↓ -57%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $13.82 ↓ -57%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.82 ↓ -57%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.82 ↓ -57%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $13.82 ↓ -57%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $13.82 ↓ -57%
WellMed MGMCR $13.89 ↓ -56%
Aetna MCR $13.94 ↓ -56%
Van Lang IPA MCR $13.96 ↓ -56%
United MCR $14.10 ↓ -56%
WellCare POS $14.23 ↓ -55%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $14.23 ↓ -55%
WellCare SNP $14.23 ↓ -55%
WellCare MCRHMO $14.23 ↓ -55%
WellCare PPO $14.23 ↓ -55%
WellCare PFFS $14.23 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $14.35 ↓ -55%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $14.51 ↓ -54%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $14.51 ↓ -54%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $14.51 ↓ -54%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $14.51 ↓ -54%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $14.51 ↓ -54%
Shared Health MGMCR $14.51 ↓ -54%
American Health Plan MGMCR $14.51 ↓ -54%
Humana MCD $14.51 ↓ -54%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $14.51 ↓ -54%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $14.51 ↓ -54%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $14.65 ↓ -54%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $14.65 ↓ -54%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $14.65 ↓ -54%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $14.65 ↓ -54%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $14.65 ↓ -54%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $14.96 ↓ -53%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $14.96 ↓ -53%
Molina MGMCR $15.06 ↓ -53%
Verda Health Plan MCR $17.97 ↓ -44%
Community Health Choice HIX $20.04 ↓ -37%
Superior ValueHMO $20.04 ↓ -37%
Superior HMO $21.42 ↓ -33%
Superior EPO $21.42 ↓ -33%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $27.92 ↓ -12%
Molina Healthcare HIX $29.71 ↓ -7%
BCBS BAV $30.82 ↓ -3%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $35.96 ↑ +13%
BCBS HMO $38.56 ↑ +21%
Oscar HIX $39.94 ↑ +25%
BCBS EPOSOA $41.32 ↑ +30%
BCBS PPO $44.09 ↑ +38%
Aetna QHPExchange $50.61 ↑ +59%
Cigna CSN $57.16 ↑ +79%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $61.91 ↑ +94%
Aetna NBPPO $67.31 ↑ +111%
Aetna NBPOS $67.31 ↑ +111%
Aetna NBHMO $67.31 ↑ +111%
Aetna COMMPOS $71.50 ↑ +124%
Aetna COMMHMO $71.50 ↑ +124%
Aetna COMMPPO $71.50 ↑ +124%
Cigna PPO $73.66 ↑ +131%
Aetna OONHMO $84.00 ↑ +163%
Aetna OONPOS $84.00 ↑ +163%
Aetna OONPPO $84.00 ↑ +163%
Aetna ASAPPO $90.83 ↑ +185%
Aetna ASAPOS $90.83 ↑ +185%
Aetna ASAHMO $90.83 ↑ +185%
Humana PPO $160.14 ↑ +402%
Humana HMO $160.14 ↑ +402%
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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step cryptosporidium at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $700.28 $11.61 – $57.16
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $80.05 $10.00 – $100.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $83.28 $12.00 – $124.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $83.28 $11.61 – $104.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $80.05 $10.00 – $100.06
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $83.28 $12.00 – $124.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $83.28 $8.00 – $124.92
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $83.28 $11.61 – $124.92

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