Lift assist for elbow 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.

$265.43 with Oscar vs $2,083.48 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 $265.43
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $270.85
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $270.85
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $270.85
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $270.85
CHC Harris Health Indigent $270.85
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $270.85
BCBS MCRPPO $270.85
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $270.85
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $270.85
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $270.85
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $270.85
Devoted Health MGMCR $270.85
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $270.85
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $270.85
WellMed MGMCR $272.20
Aetna MCR $273.15
Van Lang IPA MCR $273.56
United MCR $276.27
WellCare MCRHMO $278.98
WellCare PFFS $278.98
WellCare POS $278.98
WellCare PPO $278.98
WellCare SNP $278.98
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $278.98
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $284.39
American Health Plan MGMCR $284.39
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $284.39
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $284.39
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $284.39
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $284.39
Superior Health Plan PFFS $284.39
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $284.39
Shared Health MGMCR $284.39
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $287.10
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $287.10
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $287.10
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $287.10
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $287.10
Molina MGMCR $295.23
Verda Health Plan MCR $352.11
Superior ValueHMO $392.73
Community Health Choice HIX $392.73
Superior EPO $419.82
Superior HMO $419.82
Molina Healthcare HIX $582.33
Humana HMO $2,083.48
Humana PPO $2,083.48

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Lift assist for elbow at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $265.43 – $582.33
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $265.43 – $582.33
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $265.43 – $582.33
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $265.43 – $582.33
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $265.43 – $582.33
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $265.43 – $582.33
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $265.43 – $582.33
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $265.43 – $582.33

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