Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hepatitis c 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.

$35.99 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $695.72 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
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $35.99
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $35.99
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $35.99
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $35.99
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $35.99
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $35.99
United MGMCD $36.71
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $38.87
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $39.59
Molina Healthcare STAR $39.59
Molina Healthcare CHIP $39.59
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $39.59
Oscar MGMCR $41.98
Devoted Health MGMCR $42.84
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $42.84
United AllPayerAppendix $42.84
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $42.84
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $42.84
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $42.84
CHC Harris Health Indigent $42.84
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $42.84
BCBS MCRPPO $42.84
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $42.84
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $42.84
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $42.84
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $42.84
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $42.84
United SmallGroup $42.84
WellMed MGMCR $43.05
Aetna MCR $43.20
Van Lang IPA MCR $43.27
United MCR $43.70
WellCare PPO $44.13
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $44.13
WellCare SNP $44.13
WellCare PFFS $44.13
WellCare MCRHMO $44.13
WellCare POS $44.13
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $44.98
American Health Plan MGMCR $44.98
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $44.98
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $44.98
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $44.98
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $44.98
Superior Health Plan PFFS $44.98
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $44.98
Shared Health MGMCR $44.98
Humana MCD $44.99
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $45.41
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $45.41
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $45.41
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $45.41
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $45.41
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $46.37
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $46.37
Molina MGMCR $46.70
Verda Health Plan MCR $55.69
Superior ValueHMO $62.12
Community Health Choice HIX $62.12
Superior HMO $66.40
Superior EPO $66.40
BCBS MyBlueHealth $86.54
Molina Healthcare HIX $92.11
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $92.76
Superior Health Plan STAR $92.76
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $92.76
Superior Health Plan CHIP $92.76
Superior Health Plan STARKids $92.76
BCBS BAV $95.53
BCBS HMO $119.52
Oscar HIX $123.81
BCBS EPOSOA $128.09
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $128.50
BCBS PPO $136.66
Aetna QHPExchange $156.94
Cigna CSN $175.62
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $190.23
Aetna NBPOS $208.71
Aetna NBHMO $208.71
Aetna NBPPO $208.71
Aetna COMMHMO $221.73
Aetna COMMPOS $221.73
Aetna COMMPPO $221.73
Cigna PPO $226.32
United OptionsPPO $259.74
Aetna OONPPO $260.48
Aetna OONHMO $260.48
Aetna OONPOS $260.48
Aetna ASAPPO $281.64
Aetna ASAPOS $281.64
Aetna ASAHMO $281.64
Evry Health BroadNetwork $422.07
BCBS Traditional $541.12
Coventry National First Health COMM $562.76
Humana HMO $572.16
Humana PPO $572.16
United GlobalAppendix $695.72
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hepatitis c at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $510.30 $30.84 – $1,458.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $510.30 $30.84 – $1,458.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $35.99 – $175.62
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $35.27 – $175.62
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $888.22 $38.56 – $164.93
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $381.92 $10.00 – $150.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $351.14 $12.00 – $180.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $325.45 $12.00 – $150.00

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