Mayo babpb infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe babesia microti 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.

$29.48 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $186.82 with Cigna — 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 $29.48
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $29.48
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $29.48
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $29.48
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $29.48
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $29.48
United MGMCD $30.07
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $31.84
Molina Healthcare CHIP $32.43
Molina Healthcare STAR $32.43
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $32.43
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $32.43
Oscar MGMCR $34.39
United SmallGroup $35.09
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $35.09
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $35.09
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $35.09
CHC Harris Health Indigent $35.09
United AllPayerAppendix $35.09
Devoted Health MGMCR $35.09
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $35.09
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $35.09
BCBS MCRPPO $35.09
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $35.09
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $35.09
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $35.09
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $35.09
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $35.09
WellMed MGMCR $35.27
Aetna MCR $35.39
Van Lang IPA MCR $35.44
United MCR $35.79
WellCare PPO $36.14
WellCare SNP $36.14
WellCare POS $36.14
WellCare MCRHMO $36.14
WellCare PFFS $36.14
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $36.14
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $36.84
Superior Health Plan PFFS $36.84
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $36.84
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $36.84
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $36.84
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $36.84
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $36.84
Shared Health MGMCR $36.84
American Health Plan MGMCR $36.84
Humana MCD $36.85
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $37.20
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $37.20
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $37.20
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $37.20
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $37.20
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $37.98
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $37.98
Molina MGMCR $38.25
Verda Health Plan MCR $45.62
Superior ValueHMO $50.88
Community Health Choice HIX $50.88
Superior EPO $54.39
Superior HMO $54.39
BCBS MyBlueHealth $70.88
Molina Healthcare HIX $75.44
BCBS BAV $78.25
BCBS HMO $97.90
Oscar HIX $101.41
BCBS EPOSOA $104.92
BCBS PPO $111.94
Cigna CSN $144.97
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $157.02
Cigna PPO $186.82
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Mayo babpb infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe babesia microti at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $29.48 – $144.97
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $28.89 – $144.97
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $174.00 $10.00 – $95.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $174.00 $12.00 – $114.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $174.00 $12.00 – $95.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $174.00 $10.00 – $95.31
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $174.00 $12.00 – $114.37
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $174.00 $8.00 – $114.37

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