Metered dose inhaler drug 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.

$0.82 with Superior Health Plan vs $38.08 with Humana — 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 $0.82
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.82
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.82
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.82
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.82
Aetna MCR $0.91
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1.78
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1.78
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1.78
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1.78
Cigna CSN $2.03
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2.20
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2.24
United OptionsPPO $2.30
BCBS BAV $2.47
Cigna PPO $2.61
Oscar HIX $2.68
Aetna QHPExchange $3.07
BCBS HMO $3.09
BCBS EPOSOA $3.16
BCBS PPO $3.21
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $3.50
Molina Healthcare HIX $3.70
Aetna NBHMO $3.75
Aetna NBPPO $3.75
Evry Health BroadNetwork $3.75
Aetna NBPOS $3.75
Aetna COMMHMO $3.97
Aetna COMMPPO $3.97
Aetna COMMPOS $3.97
CHC Harris Health Indigent $4.12
Aetna OONPOS $4.68
Aetna OONPPO $4.68
Aetna OONHMO $4.68
BCBS Traditional $4.80
Coventry National First Health COMM $4.99
Aetna ASAPOS $5.05
Aetna ASAPPO $5.05
Aetna ASAHMO $5.05
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5.49
Curative Administrators COMM $5.49
United GlobalAppendix $6.17
Humana HMO $38.08
Humana PPO $38.08

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Metered dose inhaler drug at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $38.08 – $38.08
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $38.08 – $38.08
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $57.68 $17.04 – $133.69
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $431.10 $4.50 – $11.84
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $57.68 $22.73 – $133.69
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $86.37 $26.80 – $116.12
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $57.68 $22.73 – $148.40
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $431.10 $2.61 – $11.84

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →