Insj perq vad r hrt venous 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.

$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 STARPLUS $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00
Oscar HIX $3,390.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,539.44
BCBS BAV $3,898.40
BCBS PPO $4,415.61
BCBS EPOSOA $4,477.37
BCBS HMO $4,539.12
Humana PPO $4,690.00
Humana HMO $4,690.00
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,841.00
United SmallGroup $6,300.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8,757.00
United AllPayerAppendix $9,000.00
Cigna CSN $10,740.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00
Curative Administrators COMM $12,018.00
Cigna PPO $13,835.00

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Insj perq vad r hrt venous at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $3,626.07 $3,539.44 – $3,539.44
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $5,130.30 $1,612.38 – $14,658.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $37,485.00 $3,539.44 – $3,539.44
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $5,130.30 $1,172.64 – $14,658.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $11,556.32 $652.31 – $16,371.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,166.82 $240.17 – $5,388.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,166.82 $233.36 – $5,388.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $11,556.32 $478.62 – $16,371.45

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