Phlebotomy therapeutic 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.

$21.89 with Superior Health Plan vs $947.51 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 CHIP $21.89
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $21.89
Superior Health Plan STARKids $21.89
Superior Health Plan STAR $21.89
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $21.89
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $47.44
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $47.44
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $47.44
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $47.44
Cigna CSN $54.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $58.38
BCBS MyBlueHealth $59.48
United OptionsPPO $61.30
BCBS BAV $65.68
Cigna PPO $69.33
Oscar HIX $71.15
Aetna QHPExchange $81.74
BCBS HMO $82.10
BCBS EPOSOA $83.92
BCBS PPO $85.38
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $93.05
Evry Health BroadNetwork $99.61
Aetna NBPPO $99.61
Aetna NBPOS $99.61
Aetna NBHMO $99.61
Aetna COMMPPO $105.45
Aetna COMMPOS $105.45
Aetna COMMHMO $105.45
Aetna OONPPO $124.43
Aetna OONHMO $124.43
Aetna OONPOS $124.43
BCBS Traditional $127.71
Coventry National First Health COMM $132.82
Aetna ASAHMO $134.28
Aetna ASAPOS $134.28
Aetna ASAPPO $134.28
Curative Administrators COMM $145.96
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $145.96
United GlobalAppendix $164.20
Humana HMO $947.51
Humana PPO $947.51

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Phlebotomy therapeutic at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $1,019.81 $223.51 – $947.51
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $198.10 $100.00 – $566.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $198.10 $100.00 – $566.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $189.71 – $947.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $275.15 $77.96 – $343.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $238.04 $49.00 – $357.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $275.15 $55.03 – $343.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $275.15 $73.37 – $343.94

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