Oncology lung 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.

$2,813.58 with Oscar vs $31,064.22 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
Oscar MGMCR $2,813.58
United SmallGroup $2,871.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,871.00
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $2,871.00
United AllPayerAppendix $2,871.00
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $2,871.00
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $2,871.00
BCBS MCRPPO $2,871.00
Devoted Health MGMCR $2,871.00
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $2,871.00
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $2,871.00
CHC Harris Health Indigent $2,871.00
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $2,871.00
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $2,871.00
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $2,871.00
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $2,871.00
WellMed MGMCR $2,885.35
Aetna MCR $2,895.40
Van Lang IPA MCR $2,899.71
United MCR $2,928.42
WellCare PPO $2,957.13
WellCare SNP $2,957.13
WellCare POS $2,957.13
WellCare MCRHMO $2,957.13
WellCare PFFS $2,957.13
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $2,957.13
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $3,014.55
American Health Plan MGMCR $3,014.55
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $3,014.55
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $3,014.55
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $3,014.55
Superior Health Plan PFFS $3,014.55
Shared Health MGMCR $3,014.55
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $3,014.55
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $3,014.55
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $3,043.26
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $3,043.26
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $3,043.26
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $3,043.26
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $3,043.26
Molina MGMCR $3,129.39
Verda Health Plan MCR $3,732.30
Community Health Choice HIX $4,162.95
Superior ValueHMO $4,162.95
Superior HMO $4,450.05
Superior EPO $4,450.05
BCBS MyBlueHealth $5,799.42
Molina Healthcare HIX $6,172.65
BCBS BAV $6,402.33
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $6,976.53
BCBS HMO $8,010.09
Oscar HIX $8,297.19
BCBS EPOSOA $8,584.29
BCBS PPO $9,158.49
Aetna QHPExchange $10,517.05
Cigna CSN $11,809.56
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $12,791.41
Aetna NBPPO $13,986.36
Aetna NBPOS $13,986.36
Aetna NBHMO $13,986.36
Aetna COMMHMO $14,859.15
Aetna COMMPPO $14,859.15
Aetna COMMPOS $14,859.15
Cigna PPO $15,218.78
Aetna OONPOS $17,455.68
Aetna OONPPO $17,455.68
Aetna OONHMO $17,455.68
Aetna ASAHMO $18,873.95
Aetna ASAPPO $18,873.95
Aetna ASAPOS $18,873.95
Humana HMO $31,064.22
Humana PPO $31,064.22
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Oncology lung at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $2,813.58 – $11,809.56
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $2,813.58 – $11,809.56
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $357.79 $35.00 – $6,890.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $357.79 $35.00 – $6,890.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $357.79 $35.00 – $6,890.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - GRAPEVINE Grapevine $357.79 $35.00 – $6,890.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - IRVING Irving $357.79 $35.00 – $6,890.40
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - LAKE POINTE Rowlett $357.79 $35.00 – $6,890.40

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