Ortho elbow without jnt cstm w/fit&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

$496.00

Cash price

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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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$496.00

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.

$29.76 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,497.63 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 STARKids $29.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $29.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $29.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $29.76 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $29.76 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $64.48 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $64.48 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $64.48 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $64.48 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $73.41 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $79.36 ↓ -84%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $80.85 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $83.33 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $89.28 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $94.24 ↓ -81%
BCBS HMO $111.60 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $114.08 ↓ -77%
BCBS PPO $116.06 ↓ -77%
BCBS Traditional $173.60 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $180.54 ↓ -64%
United GlobalAppendix $223.20 ↓ -55%
Oscar MGMCR $318.22 ↓ -36%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $324.71 ↓ -35%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $324.71 ↓ -35%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $324.71 ↓ -35%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $324.71 ↓ -35%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $324.71 ↓ -35%
Devoted Health MGMCR $324.71 ↓ -35%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $324.71 ↓ -35%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $324.71 ↓ -35%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $324.71 ↓ -35%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $324.71 ↓ -35%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $324.71 ↓ -35%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $324.71 ↓ -35%
BCBS MCRPPO $324.71 ↓ -35%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $324.71 ↓ -35%
WellMed MGMCR $326.33 ↓ -34%
Aetna MCR $327.47 ↓ -34%
Van Lang IPA MCR $327.96 ↓ -34%
United MCR $331.20 ↓ -33%
WellCare PPO $334.45 ↓ -33%
WellCare SNP $334.45 ↓ -33%
WellCare POS $334.45 ↓ -33%
WellCare MCRHMO $334.45 ↓ -33%
WellCare PFFS $334.45 ↓ -33%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $334.45 ↓ -33%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $340.95 ↓ -31%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $340.95 ↓ -31%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $340.95 ↓ -31%
American Health Plan MGMCR $340.95 ↓ -31%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $340.95 ↓ -31%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $340.95 ↓ -31%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $340.95 ↓ -31%
Shared Health MGMCR $340.95 ↓ -31%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $340.95 ↓ -31%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $344.19 ↓ -31%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $344.19 ↓ -31%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $344.19 ↓ -31%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $344.19 ↓ -31%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $344.19 ↓ -31%
Molina MGMCR $353.93 ↓ -29%
Verda Health Plan MCR $422.12 ↓ -15%
Superior ValueHMO $470.83 ↓ -5%
Community Health Choice HIX $470.83 ↓ -5%
Superior EPO $503.30 ↑ +1%
Superior HMO $503.30 ↑ +1%
Molina Healthcare HIX $698.13 ↑ +41%
Humana HMO $2,497.63 ↑ +404%
Humana PPO $2,497.63 ↑ +404%

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Ortho elbow without jnt cstm w/fit&adj at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $318.22 – $698.13
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $318.22 – $698.13
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $129.73 $77.84 – $277.99
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $203.65 $203.65 – $1,221.89
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $199.92 $68.55 – $371.28
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $203.65 $203.65 – $1,221.89
St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine San Augustine $203.65 $203.65 – $1,221.89
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield $1,616.58 not published

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