Intrapul surf admin endo tube 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

$732.32

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.

$732.32

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.

$43.94 with Superior Health Plan vs $616.27 with BCBS — 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 $43.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $43.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $43.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $43.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $43.94 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $95.20 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $95.20 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $95.20 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $95.20 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $123.03 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $142.80 ↓ -81%
Aetna QHPExchange $164.04 ↓ -78%
Aetna NBPPO $199.92 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBHMO $199.92 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $199.92 ↓ -73%
Aetna COMMHMO $211.64 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPPO $211.64 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPOS $211.64 ↓ -71%
Aetna OONPOS $249.72 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONHMO $249.72 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONPPO $249.72 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $256.31 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $266.56 ↓ -64%
Aetna ASAHMO $269.49 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPPO $269.49 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPOS $269.49 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $292.93 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $329.54 ↓ -55%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $430.47 ↓ -41%
BCBS BAV $474.62 ↓ -35%
Humana PPO $543.69 ↓ -26%
Humana HMO $543.69 ↓ -26%
BCBS HMO $594.19 ↓ -19%
BCBS EPOSOA $605.23 ↓ -17%
BCBS PPO $616.27 ↓ -16%

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Intrapul surf admin endo tube at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $177.80 $47.84 – $508.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $946.00 $430.47 – $543.69
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $177.80 $100.00 – $508.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $430.47 – $543.69
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $220.80 $62.56 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $296.29 $60.99 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $274.29 $54.86 – $528.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $220.80 $58.88 – $528.37

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