Ins cath ren art 1st bi 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

$8,020.43

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.

$8,020.43

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.

$948.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $13,835.00 with Cigna — 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 $948.00 ↓ -88%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -88%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -88%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -88%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,042.66 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,042.66 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,042.66 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,042.66 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $1,347.43 ↓ -83%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,579.00 ↓ -80%
Aetna NBHMO $2,098.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna NBPOS $2,098.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,229.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,229.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBPPO $2,299.00 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,444.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna OONHMO $2,623.00 ↓ -67%
Aetna OONPOS $2,623.00 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $2,807.15 ↓ -65%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,832.00 ↓ -65%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,832.00 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPPO $2,876.00 ↓ -64%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,919.44 ↓ -64%
Aetna ASAPPO $3,106.00 ↓ -61%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3,208.17 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $3,609.19 ↓ -55%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -42%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -42%
United SmallGroup $4,760.00 ↓ -41%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $4,822.03 ↓ -40%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $4,988.00 ↓ -38%
BCBS BAV $5,431.71 ↓ -32%
BCBS HMO $5,736.55 ↓ -28%
Curative Administrators COMM $5,849.00 ↓ -27%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5,951.00 ↓ -26%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $6,077.00 ↓ -24%
BCBS EPOSOA $6,096.82 ↓ -24%
BCBS PPO $6,429.37 ↓ -20%
United AllPayerAppendix $6,800.00 ↓ -15%
Oscar HIX $7,014.00 ↓ -13%
Cigna CSN $10,740.00 ↑ +34%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00 ↑ +45%
Cigna PPO $13,835.00 ↑ +72%

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Ins cath ren art 1st bi at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $10,816.79 $5,681.12 – $5,681.12
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $6,549.90 $2,058.54 – $18,714.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $6,549.90 $1,497.12 – $18,714.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $3,187.73 – $4,822.03
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $6,115.51 $1,732.73 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $6,815.98 $71.00 – $10,223.97
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $5,291.97 $71.00 – $7,896.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $6,115.51 $1,630.80 – $7,896.23

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