IV Medicine Infusion (additional drug) at HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL

5003 CYPRESS CREEK PKWY, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1750819025

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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.

$46.79 with Superior Health Plan vs $662.83 with Multiplan — 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 $46.79 —
Superior Health Plan STAR $46.79 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $46.79 —
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $46.79 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $46.79 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $74.20 —
BCBS BAV $81.81 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $101.37 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $101.37 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $101.37 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $101.37 —
BCBS HMO $102.42 —
BCBS EPOSOA $104.33 —
BCBS PPO $106.23 —
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $109.17 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $109.17 —
Cigna CSN $115.41 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $124.77 —
United OptionsPPO $131.01 —
Cigna PPO $148.16 —
Oscar HIX $152.06 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $198.85 —
Aetna NBPOS $205.87 —
Aetna NBPPO $205.87 —
Aetna NBHMO $205.87 —
Evry Health BroadNetwork $212.89 —
Aetna COMMPPO $218.34 —
Aetna COMMHMO $218.34 —
Aetna COMMPOS $218.34 —
Aetna OONHMO $257.33 —
Aetna OONPPO $257.33 —
Aetna OONPOS $257.33 —
Humana HMO $258.35 —
Humana PPO $258.35 —
BCBS Traditional $272.93 —
Coventry National First Health COMM $276.05 —
Aetna ASAPOS $277.61 —
Aetna ASAPPO $277.61 —
Aetna ASAHMO $277.61 —
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $311.92 —
Curative Administrators COMM $311.92 —
United GlobalAppendix $350.91 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $584.85 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $662.83 —

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IV Medicine Infusion (additional drug) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $326.55 $37.42 – $933.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $326.55 $46.30 – $933.00
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $560.50 $72.33 – $141.04
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $344.00 $72.33 – $289.31
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $560.50 $72.33 – $289.31
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $74.20 – $74.20
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $74.20 – $74.20
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,833.06 $122.08 – $122.08

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