Intro cath dialysis circuit w/pta 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

$12,429.31

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.

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$12,429.31

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.

$1,764.89 with Texas Childrens Healthplans 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
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $1,764.89 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $1,764.89 ↓ -86%
United MGMCD $1,893.79 ↓ -85%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $1,941.38 ↓ -84%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $1,941.38 ↓ -84%
Molina Healthcare STAR $1,941.38 ↓ -84%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $1,941.38 ↓ -84%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,976.68 ↓ -84%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,976.68 ↓ -84%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,976.68 ↓ -84%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,976.68 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $2,088.12 ↓ -83%
Humana MCD $2,206.11 ↓ -82%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $2,227.99 ↓ -82%
Aetna QHPExchange $2,643.00 ↓ -79%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $3,393.20 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBHMO $3,511.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBPOS $3,511.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna COMMPOS $3,730.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna COMMHMO $3,730.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBPPO $3,792.00 ↓ -69%
Aetna COMMPPO $4,028.00 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $4,350.26 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONHMO $4,390.00 ↓ -65%
Aetna OONPOS $4,390.00 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $4,524.27 ↓ -64%
Aetna OONPPO $4,740.00 ↓ -62%
Aetna ASAHMO $4,742.00 ↓ -62%
Aetna ASAPOS $4,742.00 ↓ -62%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,971.72 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPPO $5,120.00 ↓ -59%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5,591.00 ↓ -55%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5,591.00 ↓ -55%
Superior Health Plan STAR $5,591.00 ↓ -55%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5,591.00 ↓ -55%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5,591.00 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $5,593.19 ↓ -55%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,841.00 ↓ -53%
United SmallGroup $6,300.00 ↓ -49%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8,619.80 ↓ -31%
Curative Administrators COMM $8,778.00 ↓ -29%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8,987.00 ↓ -28%
United AllPayerAppendix $9,000.00 ↓ -28%
BCBS BAV $9,709.66 ↓ -22%
Humana PPO $10,106.00 ↓ -19%
Humana HMO $10,106.00 ↓ -19%
BCBS HMO $10,254.59 ↓ -17%
Oscar HIX $10,586.00 ↓ -15%
Cigna CSN $10,740.00 ↓ -14%
BCBS EPOSOA $10,898.60 ↓ -12%
BCBS PPO $11,493.07 ↓ -8%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00 ↓ -6%
Cigna PPO $13,835.00 ↑ +11%

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Intro cath dialysis circuit w/pta at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $15,377.15 $1,893.79 – $10,155.52
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $18,447.80 $14,231.16 – $52,708.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $18,447.80 $14,231.16 – $52,708.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $1,729.59 – $8,619.80
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $12,316.55 $1,764.89 – $15,395.69
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $9,712.25 $71.00 – $14,568.38
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $14,186.89 $71.00 – $17,733.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $12,316.55 $1,764.89 – $15,395.69

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