Ortho elbow w/lock w/ft&adj 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.

$551.06 with Oscar vs $4,325.34 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 $551.06
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $562.31
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $562.31
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $562.31
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $562.31
CHC Harris Health Indigent $562.31
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $562.31
BCBS MCRPPO $562.31
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $562.31
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $562.31
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $562.31
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $562.31
Devoted Health MGMCR $562.31
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $562.31
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $562.31
WellMed MGMCR $565.12
Aetna MCR $567.09
Van Lang IPA MCR $567.93
United MCR $573.56
WellCare MCRHMO $579.18
WellCare PFFS $579.18
WellCare POS $579.18
WellCare PPO $579.18
WellCare SNP $579.18
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $579.18
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $590.43
American Health Plan MGMCR $590.43
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $590.43
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $590.43
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $590.43
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $590.43
Superior Health Plan PFFS $590.43
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $590.43
Shared Health MGMCR $590.43
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $596.05
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $596.05
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $596.05
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $596.05
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $596.05
Molina MGMCR $612.92
Verda Health Plan MCR $731.00
Superior ValueHMO $815.35
Community Health Choice HIX $815.35
Superior EPO $871.58
Superior HMO $871.58
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,208.97
Humana HMO $4,325.34
Humana PPO $4,325.34

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Ortho elbow w/lock w/ft&adj at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $551.06 – $1,208.97
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $551.06 – $1,208.97
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $348.29 $98.68 – $493.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $428.40 $56.89 – $414.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $428.40 $55.28 – $368.54
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $348.29 $92.88 – $493.41
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $428.40 $88.73 – $414.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $428.40 $142.81 – $414.61

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