Lactate dehydrogenase (ldh) 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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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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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.

$5.07 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $152.21 with United — 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 CHIP $5.07
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $5.07
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $5.07
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $5.07
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $5.07
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $5.07
United MGMCD $5.17
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $5.48
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $5.58
Molina Healthcare STAR $5.58
Molina Healthcare CHIP $5.58
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $5.58
Oscar MGMCR $5.92
Devoted Health MGMCR $6.04
United SmallGroup $6.04
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6.04
United AllPayerAppendix $6.04
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.04
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $6.04
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $6.04
CHC Harris Health Indigent $6.04
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.04
BCBS MCRPPO $6.04
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $6.04
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $6.04
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $6.04
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $6.04
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $6.04
WellMed MGMCR $6.07
Aetna MCR $6.09
Van Lang IPA MCR $6.10
United MCR $6.16
WellCare POS $6.22
WellCare PPO $6.22
WellCare MCRHMO $6.22
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $6.22
WellCare PFFS $6.22
WellCare SNP $6.22
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $6.34
Humana MCD $6.34
American Health Plan MGMCR $6.34
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $6.34
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $6.34
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $6.34
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $6.34
Superior Health Plan PFFS $6.34
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $6.34
Shared Health MGMCR $6.34
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $6.40
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $6.40
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $6.40
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $6.40
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $6.40
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $6.54
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $6.54
Molina MGMCR $6.58
Verda Health Plan MCR $7.85
Superior ValueHMO $8.76
Community Health Choice HIX $8.76
Superior HMO $9.36
Superior EPO $9.36
BCBS MyBlueHealth $12.20
Molina Healthcare HIX $12.99
BCBS BAV $13.47
BCBS HMO $16.85
Oscar HIX $17.46
BCBS EPOSOA $18.06
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $18.10
BCBS PPO $19.27
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $20.30
Superior Health Plan STAR $20.30
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $20.30
Superior Health Plan CHIP $20.30
Superior Health Plan STARKids $20.30
Aetna QHPExchange $22.12
Cigna CSN $25.07
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $27.16
Aetna NBHMO $29.42
Aetna NBPPO $29.42
Aetna NBPOS $29.42
Aetna COMMHMO $31.26
Aetna COMMPPO $31.26
Aetna COMMPOS $31.26
Cigna PPO $32.31
Aetna OONPOS $36.72
Aetna OONPPO $36.72
Aetna OONHMO $36.72
Aetna ASAHMO $39.70
Aetna ASAPOS $39.70
Aetna ASAPPO $39.70
United OptionsPPO $56.83
Humana HMO $80.61
Humana PPO $80.61
Evry Health BroadNetwork $92.34
BCBS Traditional $118.39
Coventry National First Health COMM $123.12
United GlobalAppendix $152.21
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Lactate dehydrogenase (ldh) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $62.30 $4.35 – $178.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $62.30 $4.35 – $178.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $5.07 – $25.07
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $4.97 – $25.07
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $176.01 $5.44 – $23.25
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $102.38 $5.07 – $15.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $59.42 $2.58 – $18.79
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $82.33 $5.07 – $15.66

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