Metabolic Blood Panel (Comprehensive) 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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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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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.

$9.42 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $516.57 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
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $9.42
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $9.42
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $9.42
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $9.42
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $9.42
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $9.42
United MGMCD $9.61
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $10.17
Oscar MGMCR $10.35
Molina Healthcare CHIP $10.36
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $10.36
Molina Healthcare STAR $10.36
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $10.36
Devoted Health MGMCR $10.56
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $10.56
United AllPayerAppendix $10.56
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $10.56
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $10.56
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $10.56
CHC Harris Health Indigent $10.56
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $10.56
BCBS MCRPPO $10.56
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $10.56
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $10.56
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $10.56
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $10.56
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $10.56
United SmallGroup $10.56
WellMed MGMCR $10.61
Aetna MCR $10.65
Van Lang IPA MCR $10.67
United MCR $10.77
WellCare PPO $10.88
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $10.88
WellCare SNP $10.88
WellCare PFFS $10.88
WellCare MCRHMO $10.88
WellCare POS $10.88
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $11.09
American Health Plan MGMCR $11.09
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $11.09
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $11.09
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $11.09
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $11.09
Superior Health Plan PFFS $11.09
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $11.09
Shared Health MGMCR $11.09
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $11.19
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $11.19
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $11.19
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $11.19
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $11.19
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $11.43
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $11.43
Molina MGMCR $11.51
Humana MCD $11.78
Verda Health Plan MCR $13.73
Community Health Choice HIX $15.31
Superior ValueHMO $15.31
Superior EPO $16.37
Superior HMO $16.37
BCBS MyBlueHealth $21.33
Molina Healthcare HIX $22.70
BCBS BAV $23.55
BCBS HMO $29.46
Oscar HIX $30.52
BCBS EPOSOA $31.57
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $31.68
BCBS PPO $33.69
Aetna QHPExchange $38.70
Cigna CSN $43.21
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $46.81
Aetna NBPOS $51.47
Aetna NBPPO $51.47
Aetna NBHMO $51.47
Aetna COMMPPO $54.68
Aetna COMMPOS $54.68
Aetna COMMHMO $54.68
Cigna PPO $55.69
Aetna OONPPO $64.24
Aetna OONPOS $64.24
Aetna OONHMO $64.24
Superior Health Plan STAR $68.88
Superior Health Plan CHIP $68.88
Superior Health Plan STARKids $68.88
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $68.88
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $68.88
Aetna ASAHMO $69.46
Aetna ASAPOS $69.46
Aetna ASAPPO $69.46
Humana PPO $141.09
Humana HMO $141.09
United OptionsPPO $192.85
Evry Health BroadNetwork $313.39
BCBS Traditional $401.78
Coventry National First Health COMM $417.85
United GlobalAppendix $516.57
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Metabolic Blood Panel (Comprehensive) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $472.85 $7.60 – $1,351.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $472.85 $7.60 – $1,351.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $9.42 – $43.21
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $9.23 – $43.21
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $460.40 $9.50 – $40.66
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $235.72 $8.87 – $294.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $160.48 $12.00 – $240.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $214.33 $8.87 – $267.91

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