Insertion single tranvenous electrode/ppm/implantable defibrillator 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

$40,154.02

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.

$40,154.02

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.

$2,156.00 with Aetna vs $24,035.00 with Curative Administrators — 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
Aetna QHPExchange $2,156.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $2,369.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2,369.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2,369.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2,369.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2,369.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPOS $2,864.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBHMO $2,864.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMPOS $3,044.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMHMO $3,044.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPPO $3,108.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPPO $3,303.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONHMO $3,582.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPOS $3,582.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAPOS $3,870.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAHMO $3,870.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPPO $3,886.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPPO $4,197.00 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $4,538.30 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $4,538.30 ↓ -89%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -88%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -88%
United MGMCD $4,869.78 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $4,992.13 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare STAR $4,992.13 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $4,992.13 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $4,992.13 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $5,082.90 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $5,082.90 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $5,082.90 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $5,082.90 ↓ -87%
Humana MCD $5,672.88 ↓ -86%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $5,729.15 ↓ -86%
United SmallGroup $6,300.00 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6,545.11 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $6,745.88 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $7,227.72 ↓ -82%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8,987.00 ↓ -78%
United AllPayerAppendix $9,000.00 ↓ -78%
BCBS HMO $9,034.65 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $9,124.00 ↓ -77%
BCBS EPOSOA $9,235.42 ↓ -77%
Cigna CSN $10,740.00 ↓ -73%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00 ↓ -71%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $12,193.00 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $13,835.00 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $14,053.91 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $14,616.06 ↓ -64%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $16,061.61 ↓ -60%
Oscar HIX $17,551.00 ↓ -56%
BCBS PPO $17,729.09 ↓ -56%
United GlobalAppendix $18,069.31 ↓ -55%
Curative Administrators COMM $24,035.00 ↓ -40%

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Insertion single tranvenous electrode/ppm/implantable defibrillator at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $6,593.22 $4,869.78 – $15,665.79
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $5,136.60 $3,962.52 – $14,676.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $26,435.00 $4,447.53 – $13,296.82
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $5,136.60 $3,962.52 – $14,676.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $10,799.55 $4,538.30 – $21,045.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $11,687.71 $2,405.72 – $21,045.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $9,465.05 $4,538.30 – $21,045.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $10,799.55 $4,538.30 – $21,045.99

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