Knee joint drop lock ea jnt 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.

$105.58 with Oscar vs $828.58 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 $105.58
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $107.73
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $107.73
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $107.73
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $107.73
CHC Harris Health Indigent $107.73
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $107.73
BCBS MCRPPO $107.73
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $107.73
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $107.73
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $107.73
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $107.73
Devoted Health MGMCR $107.73
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $107.73
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $107.73
WellMed MGMCR $108.27
Aetna MCR $108.65
Van Lang IPA MCR $108.81
United MCR $109.88
WellCare MCRHMO $110.96
WellCare PFFS $110.96
WellCare POS $110.96
WellCare PPO $110.96
WellCare SNP $110.96
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $110.96
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $113.12
American Health Plan MGMCR $113.12
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $113.12
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $113.12
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $113.12
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $113.12
Superior Health Plan PFFS $113.12
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $113.12
Shared Health MGMCR $113.12
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $114.19
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $114.19
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $114.19
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $114.19
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $114.19
Molina MGMCR $117.43
Verda Health Plan MCR $140.05
Superior ValueHMO $156.21
Community Health Choice HIX $156.21
Superior EPO $166.98
Superior HMO $166.98
Molina Healthcare HIX $231.62
Humana HMO $828.58
Humana PPO $828.58

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Knee joint drop lock ea jnt at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $105.58 – $231.62
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $105.58 – $231.62
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $225.00 $63.75 – $300.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $225.00 $60.00 – $300.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $225.00 $60.00 – $300.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $225.00 $56.25 – $300.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $225.00 $41.25 – $300.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE Rowlett $225.00 $41.25 – $300.00

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