Platelets pheresis leukocytes reduced each unit 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.

$50.42 with Superior Health Plan vs $4,790.02 with Aetna — 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 $50.42
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $50.42
Superior Health Plan STARKids $50.42
Superior Health Plan STAR $50.42
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $50.42
Cigna CSN $124.37
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $134.45
BCBS MyBlueHealth $136.98
United OptionsPPO $141.18
BCBS BAV $151.26
Cigna PPO $159.66
Oscar HIX $163.87
BCBS HMO $189.08
BCBS EPOSOA $193.28
BCBS PPO $196.64
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $214.29
Evry Health BroadNetwork $229.41
BCBS Traditional $294.12
Coventry National First Health COMM $305.88
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $336.14
Curative Administrators COMM $336.14
United GlobalAppendix $378.15
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $480.75
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $480.75
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $480.75
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $480.75
United MGMCD $490.37
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $519.21
Aetna QHPExchange $2,669.12
Aetna NBHMO $3,549.60
Aetna NBPPO $3,549.60
Aetna NBPOS $3,549.60
Aetna COMMPPO $3,771.11
Aetna COMMHMO $3,771.11
Aetna COMMPOS $3,771.11
Aetna OONHMO $4,430.08
Aetna OONPOS $4,430.08
Aetna OONPPO $4,430.08
Humana PPO $4,645.98
Humana HMO $4,645.98
Aetna ASAHMO $4,790.02
Aetna ASAPOS $4,790.02
Aetna ASAPPO $4,790.02

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Platelets pheresis leukocytes reduced each unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $963.90 $94.00 – $2,754.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $963.90 $88.00 – $2,754.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $480.75 – $4,645.98
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $480.75 – $4,645.98
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,254.99 $327.36 – $1,444.24
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,370.40 $261.57 – $1,906.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,191.73 $218.43 – $1,365.16
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,254.99 $308.10 – $1,444.24

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