Mesh tiss ovitex lpr 15x15x25cm 6mm oval 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

$100,000.00

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.

$100,000.00

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.

$44.50 with Cigna vs $45,000.00 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
Cigna CSN $44.50 ↓ -100%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $48.18 ↓ -100%
Cigna PPO $57.38 ↓ -100%
Aetna MCR $6,630.00 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $13,000.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $13,000.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $13,000.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $13,000.00 ↓ -87%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $16,300.00 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $16,800.00 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $18,000.00 ↓ -82%
BCBS HMO $22,500.00 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $23,000.00 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $23,400.00 ↓ -77%
Molina Healthcare HIX $27,000.00 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $30,000.00 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $35,000.00 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $36,400.00 ↓ -64%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $40,000.00 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $45,000.00 ↓ -55%

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Mesh tiss ovitex lpr 15x15x25cm 6mm oval at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $51,414.28 $54.25 – $11,500.55
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $51,414.28 $54.25 – $11,500.55
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $44.50 – $44.50
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $44.50 – $44.50
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $662.00 $44.50 – $44.50
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $17,726.10 $20.78 – $6,162.30
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $51,414.28 $54.25 – $11,500.55
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $51,414.28 $54.25 – $11,500.55

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