Intro cath dialysis circuit w/stent plcmnt 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

$24,012.53

Cash price

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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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$24,012.53

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 $22,987.67 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 STAR $948.00 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $2,643.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBPOS $3,511.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna NBHMO $3,511.00 ↓ -85%
Aetna COMMHMO $3,730.00 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMMPOS $3,730.00 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBPPO $3,792.00 ↓ -84%
Aetna COMMPPO $4,028.00 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $4,034.11 ↓ -83%
Aetna OONPOS $4,390.00 ↓ -82%
Aetna OONHMO $4,390.00 ↓ -82%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -80%
Aetna OONPPO $4,740.00 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAHMO $4,742.00 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAPOS $4,742.00 ↓ -80%
Aetna ASAPPO $5,120.00 ↓ -79%
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $5,270.09 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $5,270.09 ↓ -78%
United MGMCD $5,655.01 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $5,797.10 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare STAR $5,797.10 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $5,797.10 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $5,797.10 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,841.00 ↓ -76%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $5,902.50 ↓ -75%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $5,902.50 ↓ -75%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $5,902.50 ↓ -75%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $5,902.50 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $6,555.42 ↓ -73%
Humana MCD $6,587.61 ↓ -73%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $6,652.96 ↓ -72%
BCBS Traditional $8,404.39 ↓ -65%
Oscar HIX $8,579.00 ↓ -64%
Coventry National First Health COMM $8,740.56 ↓ -64%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $9,605.01 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $9,875.00 ↓ -59%
Cigna CSN $10,740.00 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $10,805.64 ↓ -55%
United SmallGroup $11,200.00 ↓ -53%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $11,636.00 ↓ -52%
Cigna PPO $13,835.00 ↓ -42%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $15,678.00 ↓ -35%
United AllPayerAppendix $16,000.00 ↓ -33%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $17,240.76 ↓ -28%
BCBS BAV $19,420.62 ↓ -19%
BCBS HMO $20,510.55 ↓ -15%
BCBS EPOSOA $21,798.66 ↓ -9%
BCBS PPO $22,987.67 ↓ -4%

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Intro cath dialysis circuit w/stent plcmnt at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $29,707.65 $5,655.01 – $20,312.38
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $35,500.15 $27,385.83 – $101,429.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $26,837.00 $5,164.69 – $17,240.76
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $35,500.15 $27,385.83 – $101,429.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $28,837.03 $5,270.09 – $36,046.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $22,824.58 $71.00 – $34,236.87
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $20,749.61 $71.00 – $27,252.71
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $28,837.03 $5,270.09 – $36,046.29

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