Knee control full kneecap 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.

$110.31 with Oscar vs $865.79 with Humana — 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
Oscar MGMCR $110.31
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $112.56
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $112.56
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $112.56
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $112.56
CHC Harris Health Indigent $112.56
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $112.56
BCBS MCRPPO $112.56
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $112.56
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $112.56
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $112.56
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $112.56
Devoted Health MGMCR $112.56
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $112.56
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $112.56
WellMed MGMCR $113.12
Aetna MCR $113.52
Van Lang IPA MCR $113.69
United MCR $114.81
WellCare MCRHMO $115.94
WellCare PFFS $115.94
WellCare POS $115.94
WellCare PPO $115.94
WellCare SNP $115.94
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $115.94
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $118.19
American Health Plan MGMCR $118.19
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $118.19
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $118.19
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $118.19
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $118.19
Superior Health Plan PFFS $118.19
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $118.19
Shared Health MGMCR $118.19
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $119.31
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $119.31
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $119.31
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $119.31
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $119.31
Molina MGMCR $122.69
Verda Health Plan MCR $146.33
Superior ValueHMO $163.21
Community Health Choice HIX $163.21
Superior EPO $174.47
Superior HMO $174.47
Molina Healthcare HIX $242.00
Humana HMO $865.79
Humana PPO $865.79

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Knee control full kneecap at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $110.31 – $242.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $110.31 – $242.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $224.86 $21.65 – $157.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $224.86 $21.04 – $140.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $224.86 $33.77 – $157.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $224.86 $54.35 – $157.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $224.86 $35.06 – $157.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $224.86 $21.04 – $140.26

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