Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step hiv-1 antigen(s) hiv-1&2 antibodies 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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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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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.

$20.23 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $439.11 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
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $20.23
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $20.23
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $20.23
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $20.23
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $20.23
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $20.23
United MGMCD $20.63
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $21.85
Molina Healthcare STAR $22.25
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $22.25
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $22.25
Molina Healthcare CHIP $22.25
Oscar MGMCR $23.60
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $24.08
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $24.08
BCBS MCRPPO $24.08
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $24.08
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $24.08
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $24.08
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $24.08
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $24.08
United SmallGroup $24.08
Devoted Health MGMCR $24.08
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $24.08
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $24.08
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $24.08
United AllPayerAppendix $24.08
CHC Harris Health Indigent $24.08
WellMed MGMCR $24.20
Aetna MCR $24.28
Van Lang IPA MCR $24.32
United MCR $24.56
WellCare MCRHMO $24.80
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $24.80
WellCare PFFS $24.80
WellCare SNP $24.80
WellCare PPO $24.80
WellCare POS $24.80
American Health Plan MGMCR $25.28
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $25.28
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $25.28
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $25.28
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $25.28
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $25.28
Superior Health Plan PFFS $25.28
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $25.28
Shared Health MGMCR $25.28
Humana MCD $25.29
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $25.52
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $25.52
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $25.52
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $25.52
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $25.52
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $26.06
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $26.06
Molina MGMCR $26.25
Verda Health Plan MCR $31.30
Community Health Choice HIX $34.92
Superior ValueHMO $34.92
Superior EPO $37.32
Superior HMO $37.32
BCBS MyBlueHealth $48.64
Molina Healthcare HIX $51.77
BCBS BAV $53.70
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $58.55
Superior Health Plan STAR $58.55
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $58.55
Superior Health Plan CHIP $58.55
Superior Health Plan STARKids $58.55
BCBS HMO $67.18
Oscar HIX $69.59
BCBS EPOSOA $72.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $72.25
BCBS PPO $76.82
Aetna QHPExchange $88.21
Cigna CSN $98.98
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $107.21
Aetna NBHMO $117.30
Aetna NBPOS $117.30
Aetna NBPPO $117.30
Aetna COMMPPO $124.62
Aetna COMMPOS $124.62
Aetna COMMHMO $124.62
Cigna PPO $127.56
Aetna OONPPO $146.40
Aetna OONPOS $146.40
Aetna OONHMO $146.40
Aetna ASAPOS $158.30
Aetna ASAHMO $158.30
Aetna ASAPPO $158.30
United OptionsPPO $163.94
Evry Health BroadNetwork $266.40
Humana HMO $321.68
Humana PPO $321.68
BCBS Traditional $341.53
Coventry National First Health COMM $355.19
United GlobalAppendix $439.11
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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step hiv-1 antigen(s) hiv-1&2 antibodies at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $123.86 $20.23 – $98.98
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $135.45 $17.34 – $387.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $722.00 $19.83 – $98.98
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $145.09 $10.00 – $181.37
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $140.83 $12.00 – $176.03

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