Mayo barbiturates definitive assay confirmation urine 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

$546.30

Cash price

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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.

$546.30

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.

$0.05 with Aetna vs $245.83 with United — 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
Aetna QHPExchange $0.05 ↓ -100%
Aetna NBPPO $0.06 ↓ -100%
Aetna NBPOS $0.06 ↓ -100%
Aetna NBHMO $0.06 ↓ -100%
Aetna COMMPOS $0.07 ↓ -100%
Aetna COMMPPO $0.07 ↓ -100%
Aetna COMMHMO $0.07 ↓ -100%
Aetna OONPPO $0.08 ↓ -100%
Aetna OONHMO $0.08 ↓ -100%
Aetna OONPOS $0.08 ↓ -100%
Aetna ASAPOS $0.09 ↓ -100%
Aetna ASAPPO $0.09 ↓ -100%
Aetna ASAHMO $0.09 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $9.16 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $9.16 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $9.16 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $9.16 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $9.16 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $9.16 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $9.34 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $9.89 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $10.08 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $10.08 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $10.08 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $10.08 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $11.45 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STAR $32.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $32.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $32.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $32.78 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $32.78 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $36.22 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $89.05 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $91.78 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $98.33 ↓ -82%
Cigna CSN $98.98 ↓ -82%
Oscar HIX $106.53 ↓ -80%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $107.21 ↓ -80%
Humana PPO $109.61 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $109.61 ↓ -80%
BCBS HMO $122.92 ↓ -77%
BCBS EPOSOA $125.65 ↓ -77%
Cigna PPO $127.56 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $127.83 ↓ -77%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $139.31 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $147.50 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $149.14 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $163.89 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $191.21 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $198.85 ↓ -64%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $218.52 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $245.83 ↓ -55%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Mayo barbiturates definitive assay confirmation urine at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $0.05 – $98.98
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $80.39 $3.00 – $9.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $86.83 $1.03 – $7.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $80.39 $3.03 – $9.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $80.39 $3.92 – $9.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $86.83 $3.03 – $9.80
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $86.83 $4.58 – $9.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $80.39 $3.03 – $9.80

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