Lipoprotein direct measurement ldl 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.

$8.82 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $127.46 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $8.82
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $8.82
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $8.82
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $8.82
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $8.82
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $8.82
United MGMCD $9.00
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $9.53
Molina Healthcare CHIP $9.70
Molina Healthcare STAR $9.70
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $9.70
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $9.70
Oscar MGMCR $10.29
United SmallGroup $10.50
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $10.50
United AllPayerAppendix $10.50
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $10.50
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $10.50
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $10.50
Devoted Health MGMCR $10.50
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $10.50
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $10.50
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $10.50
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $10.50
CHC Harris Health Indigent $10.50
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $10.50
BCBS MCRPPO $10.50
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $10.50
WellMed MGMCR $10.55
Aetna MCR $10.59
Van Lang IPA MCR $10.61
United MCR $10.71
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $10.81
WellCare PPO $10.81
WellCare SNP $10.81
WellCare POS $10.81
WellCare MCRHMO $10.81
WellCare PFFS $10.81
American Health Plan MGMCR $11.03
Superior Health Plan PFFS $11.03
Humana MCD $11.03
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $11.03
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $11.03
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $11.03
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $11.03
Shared Health MGMCR $11.03
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $11.03
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $11.03
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $11.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $11.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $11.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $11.13
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $11.13
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $11.36
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $11.36
Molina MGMCR $11.45
Verda Health Plan MCR $13.65
Superior ValueHMO $15.22
Community Health Choice HIX $15.22
Superior HMO $16.28
Superior EPO $16.28
BCBS MyBlueHealth $21.21
Molina Healthcare HIX $22.57
BCBS BAV $23.41
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $28.63
BCBS HMO $29.30
Oscar HIX $30.35
BCBS EPOSOA $31.40
BCBS PPO $33.49
Aetna QHPExchange $38.46
Cigna CSN $43.21
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $46.81
Aetna NBPOS $51.15
Aetna NBHMO $51.15
Aetna NBPPO $51.15
Aetna COMMHMO $54.34
Aetna COMMPPO $54.34
Aetna COMMPOS $54.34
Cigna PPO $55.69
Aetna OONPOS $63.84
Aetna OONHMO $63.84
Aetna OONPPO $63.84
Aetna ASAHMO $69.03
Aetna ASAPOS $69.03
Aetna ASAPPO $69.03
Humana HMO $127.46
Humana PPO $127.46
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Lipoprotein direct measurement ldl at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $8.82 – $43.21
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $8.64 – $43.21
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $43.92 $9.45 – $40.43
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $79.81 $8.82 – $80.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $67.98 $12.00 – $96.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $71.36 $8.82 – $80.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $79.81 $8.82 – $80.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $67.98 $9.44 – $96.75

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