Laryngeal function studies at HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL
5003 CYPRESS CREEK PKWY, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1750819025
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Cash price 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 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.
$89.02 with Oscar vs $365.25 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Oscar | MGMCR | $89.02 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $90.84 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $90.84 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $90.84 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $90.84 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $90.84 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $90.84 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $90.84 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $90.84 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $90.84 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $90.84 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $90.84 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $90.84 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $91.29 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $91.61 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $91.75 | — |
| United | MCR | $92.66 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $93.57 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $93.57 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $93.57 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $93.57 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $93.57 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $93.57 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $95.38 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $95.38 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $95.38 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $95.38 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $95.38 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $95.38 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $95.38 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $95.38 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $95.38 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $96.29 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $96.29 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $96.29 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $96.29 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $96.29 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $99.02 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $118.09 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $131.72 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $131.72 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $140.80 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $140.80 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $195.31 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $255.13 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $281.30 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $335.45 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $335.45 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $352.17 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $358.71 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $365.25 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Laryngeal function studies at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $89.02 – $195.31 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $89.02 – $195.31 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $342.68 | $70.54 – $514.03 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $342.68 | $68.54 – $428.36 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $342.68 | $110.00 – $514.03 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $342.68 | $155.00 – $514.03 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $342.68 | $112.00 – $514.03 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST | Waco | $342.68 | $68.54 – $428.36 |