Manipulation chest wall demonstration/evaluation subsequent 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

$128.40

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.

$128.40

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.

$7.70 with Superior Health Plan 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.

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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
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $7.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $7.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $7.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $7.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $7.70 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $16.69 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $16.69 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $16.69 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $16.69 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $21.57 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $25.04 ↓ -80%
Aetna QHPExchange $28.76 ↓ -78%
Aetna NBPPO $35.05 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBHMO $35.05 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $35.05 ↓ -73%
Aetna COMMHMO $37.11 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPPO $37.11 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPOS $37.11 ↓ -71%
Aetna OONPOS $43.78 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONHMO $43.78 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONPPO $43.78 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $44.94 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $46.74 ↓ -64%
Aetna ASAHMO $47.25 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPPO $47.25 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPOS $47.25 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $51.36 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $57.78 ↓ -55%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $255.13 ↑ +99%
BCBS BAV $281.30 ↑ +119%
Humana PPO $298.34 ↑ +132%
Humana HMO $298.34 ↑ +132%
BCBS HMO $352.17 ↑ +174%
BCBS EPOSOA $358.71 ↑ +179%
BCBS PPO $365.25 ↑ +184%

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Manipulation chest wall demonstration/evaluation subsequent at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $130.81 $255.13 – $298.34
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $135.80 $47.84 – $388.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $162.00 $255.13 – $298.34
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $135.80 $100.00 – $388.00
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $354.44 $419.77 – $419.77
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $172.78 $48.95 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $156.60 $32.23 – $316.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $156.60 $31.32 – $316.45

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