Insertion/replacement implantable defibrillator w/lead(s) single/dual chamber 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

$181,126.80

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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$181,126.80

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.

$2,369.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $95,000.00 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2,369.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2,369.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2,369.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STAR $2,369.00 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2,369.00 ↓ -99%
Aetna QHPExchange $2,643.00 ↓ -99%
Aetna NBPOS $3,511.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBHMO $3,511.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPOS $3,730.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMHMO $3,730.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBPPO $3,792.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna COMMPPO $4,028.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna OONHMO $4,390.00 ↓ -98%
Aetna OONPOS $4,390.00 ↓ -98%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -97%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPPO $4,740.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPOS $4,742.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAHMO $4,742.00 ↓ -97%
Aetna ASAPPO $5,120.00 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $10,740.00 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00 ↓ -94%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $12,167.00 ↓ -93%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $12,193.00 ↓ -93%
Cigna PPO $13,835.00 ↓ -92%
Oscar HIX $17,551.00 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $21,852.74 ↓ -88%
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $21,852.74 ↓ -88%
United MGMCD $23,448.86 ↓ -87%
Curative Administrators COMM $24,035.00 ↓ -87%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $24,038.01 ↓ -87%
Molina Healthcare STAR $24,038.01 ↓ -87%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $24,038.01 ↓ -87%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $24,038.01 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $24,475.07 ↓ -86%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $24,475.07 ↓ -86%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $24,475.07 ↓ -86%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $24,475.07 ↓ -86%
Humana MCD $27,315.93 ↓ -85%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $27,586.90 ↓ -85%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29,523.67 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $30,429.30 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $32,602.82 ↓ -82%
BCBS HMO $40,753.53 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $41,659.16 ↓ -77%
BCBS Traditional $63,394.38 ↓ -65%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $64,880.00 ↓ -64%
Coventry National First Health COMM $65,930.16 ↓ -64%
United SmallGroup $66,500.00 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $72,450.72 ↓ -60%
BCBS PPO $74,895.72 ↓ -59%
United GlobalAppendix $81,507.06 ↓ -55%
United AllPayerAppendix $95,000.00 ↓ -48%

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Insertion/replacement implantable defibrillator w/lead(s) single/dual chamber at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $216,668.89 $23,448.86 – $66,179.41
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $25,130.00 $19,386.00 – $71,800.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $60,141.00 $21,415.69 – $56,171.79
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $25,130.00 $19,386.00 – $71,800.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $43,324.90 $6,299.00 – $81,499.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $42,510.52 $8,750.08 – $81,499.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $40,970.38 $15,811.00 – $81,499.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $43,324.90 $21,852.74 – $81,499.55

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