Perit-vens shunt pat tst 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.

$245.93 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $3,911.47 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
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $245.93
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $245.93
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $246.25
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $246.25
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $246.25
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $246.25
United MGMCD $251.18
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $265.95
Molina Healthcare CHIP $270.52
Molina Healthcare STAR $270.52
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $270.52
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $270.52
Humana MCD $307.41
BCBS MyBlueHealth $391.99
BCBS BAV $496.67
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $716.53
BCBS HMO $757.25
BCBS EPOSOA $839.65
United SmallGroup $848.52
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52
BCBS PPO $922.06
Aetna QHPExchange $1,231.85
Aetna NBHMO $1,637.25
Aetna NBPOS $1,637.25
Aetna NBPPO $1,637.25
Aetna COMMPPO $1,741.64
Aetna COMMPOS $1,741.64
Aetna COMMHMO $1,741.64
Aetna OONPOS $2,047.86
Aetna OONPPO $2,047.86
Aetna OONHMO $2,047.86
Aetna ASAHMO $2,213.15
Aetna ASAPPO $2,213.15
Aetna ASAPOS $2,213.15
Humana HMO $3,911.47
Humana PPO $3,911.47

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Perit-vens shunt pat tst at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $4,561.63 $246.25 – $1,231.85
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $241.01 – $1,231.85
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $441.21 $238.58 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $661.40 $136.14 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $694.48 $238.58 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $441.21 $238.58 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $661.40 $255.28 – $1,021.72
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $661.40 $238.58 – $1,021.72

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