Infectious agent nucleic acid respiratory virus multiplex amplified probe 3-5 targets 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.

$119.81 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $1,713.67 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $119.81
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $119.81
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $119.81
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $119.81
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $119.81
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $119.81
United MGMCD $122.21
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $129.39
Molina Healthcare CHIP $131.79
Molina Healthcare STAR $131.79
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $131.79
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $131.79
Oscar MGMCR $139.78
United SmallGroup $142.63
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $142.63
United AllPayerAppendix $142.63
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $142.63
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $142.63
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $142.63
Devoted Health MGMCR $142.63
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $142.63
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $142.63
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $142.63
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $142.63
CHC Harris Health Indigent $142.63
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $142.63
BCBS MCRPPO $142.63
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $142.63
WellMed MGMCR $143.34
Aetna MCR $143.84
Van Lang IPA MCR $144.06
United MCR $145.48
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $146.91
WellCare PPO $146.91
WellCare SNP $146.91
WellCare POS $146.91
WellCare MCRHMO $146.91
WellCare PFFS $146.91
American Health Plan MGMCR $149.76
Superior Health Plan PFFS $149.76
Humana MCD $149.76
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $149.76
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $149.76
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $149.76
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $149.76
Shared Health MGMCR $149.76
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $149.76
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $149.76
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $151.19
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $151.19
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $151.19
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $151.19
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $151.19
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $154.37
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $154.37
Molina MGMCR $155.47
Verda Health Plan MCR $185.42
Superior ValueHMO $206.81
Community Health Choice HIX $206.81
Superior HMO $221.08
Superior EPO $221.08
BCBS MyBlueHealth $288.11
Molina Healthcare HIX $306.65
BCBS BAV $318.06
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $384.86
BCBS HMO $397.94
Oscar HIX $412.20
BCBS EPOSOA $426.46
BCBS PPO $454.99
Aetna QHPExchange $522.49
Cigna CSN $586.84
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $635.64
Aetna NBPOS $694.84
Aetna NBHMO $694.84
Aetna NBPPO $694.84
Aetna COMMHMO $738.20
Aetna COMMPPO $738.20
Aetna COMMPOS $738.20
Cigna PPO $756.26
Aetna OONPOS $867.20
Aetna OONHMO $867.20
Aetna OONPPO $867.20
Aetna ASAHMO $937.66
Aetna ASAPOS $937.66
Aetna ASAPPO $937.66
Humana HMO $1,713.67
Humana PPO $1,713.67
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Infectious agent nucleic acid respiratory virus multiplex amplified probe 3-5 targets at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $119.81 – $586.84
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $117.41 – $586.84
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $345.55 $10.00 – $342.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $363.10 $12.00 – $342.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $363.10 $12.00 – $342.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $345.55 $10.00 – $342.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $363.10 $12.00 – $342.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $363.10 $8.00 – $342.31

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