Inj vasopressin (am reg) 1 u 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

$274.34

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.

$274.34

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.

$1.16 with Cigna vs $123.45 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
Cigna CSN $1.16 ↓ -100%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1.26 ↓ -100%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1.33 ↓ -100%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1.33 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1.42 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $1.42 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $1.42 ↓ -99%
Cigna PPO $1.50 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4.59 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $5.05 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $6.32 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $6.32 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $6.32 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $16.46 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $16.46 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $16.46 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $16.46 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $16.46 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $18.19 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $35.66 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $35.66 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $35.66 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $35.66 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $46.09 ↓ -83%
Molina Healthcare HIX $74.07 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $82.30 ↓ -70%
Humana HMO $87.54 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $87.54 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $96.02 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $99.86 ↓ -64%
United GlobalAppendix $123.45 ↓ -55%

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Inj vasopressin (am reg) 1 u at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $47.57 $29.91 – $135.91
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $47.57 $29.91 – $135.91
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1.16 – $4.59
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $0.86 – $4.59
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $47.57 $29.91 – $135.91
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $47.57 $29.91 – $135.91
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $47.57 $29.91 – $135.91
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $9.01 – $9.01

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