Mr safety implant&/fb assmt clin staff ea add 30 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

$91.07

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.

$91.07

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.

$5.46 with Superior Health Plan vs $223.06 with BCBS — 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 STARPLUS $5.46 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5.46 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5.46 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $5.46 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5.46 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $6.04 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $11.84 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $11.84 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $11.84 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $11.84 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $13.48 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $14.57 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $15.30 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $17.30 ↓ -81%
Aetna QHPExchange $20.40 ↓ -78%
Molina Healthcare HIX $24.59 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBHMO $24.86 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $24.86 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $24.86 ↓ -73%
Aetna COMMPOS $26.32 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPPO $26.32 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMHMO $26.32 ↓ -71%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $27.32 ↓ -70%
Aetna OONHMO $31.05 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONPOS $31.05 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONPPO $31.05 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $31.87 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $33.15 ↓ -64%
Aetna ASAPPO $33.51 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAHMO $33.51 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPOS $33.51 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $36.43 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $40.98 ↓ -55%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $94.83 ↑ +4%
BCBS BAV $120.15 ↑ +32%
BCBS HMO $183.19 ↑ +101%
BCBS EPOSOA $203.13 ↑ +123%
BCBS PPO $223.06 ↑ +145%

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Mr safety implant&/fb assmt clin staff ea add 30 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $42.70 $32.94 – $122.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $42.70 $32.94 – $122.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $94.83 – $94.83
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $94.83 – $94.83
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $142.29 not published
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $45.00 $26.25 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $45.00 $9.26 – $2,149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $45.00 $34.50 – $2,149.00

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