Postop applicat rigid dsg on 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.

$599.41 with Oscar vs $4,704.81 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 $599.41
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $611.64
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $611.64
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $611.64
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $611.64
CHC Harris Health Indigent $611.64
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $611.64
BCBS MCRPPO $611.64
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $611.64
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $611.64
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $611.64
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $611.64
Devoted Health MGMCR $611.64
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $611.64
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $611.64
WellMed MGMCR $614.70
Aetna MCR $616.84
Van Lang IPA MCR $617.76
United MCR $623.87
WellCare MCRHMO $629.99
WellCare PFFS $629.99
WellCare POS $629.99
WellCare PPO $629.99
WellCare SNP $629.99
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $629.99
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $642.22
American Health Plan MGMCR $642.22
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $642.22
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $642.22
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $642.22
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $642.22
Superior Health Plan PFFS $642.22
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $642.22
Shared Health MGMCR $642.22
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $648.34
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $648.34
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $648.34
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $648.34
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $648.34
Molina MGMCR $666.69
Verda Health Plan MCR $795.13
Superior ValueHMO $886.88
Community Health Choice HIX $886.88
Superior EPO $948.04
Superior HMO $948.04
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,315.03
Humana HMO $4,704.81
Humana PPO $4,704.81

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Postop applicat rigid dsg on at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $599.41 – $1,315.03
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $599.41 – $1,315.03
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $599.41 – $1,315.03
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $599.41 – $1,315.03
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $599.41 – $1,315.03
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $599.41 – $1,315.03
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $599.41 – $1,315.03
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $599.41 – $1,315.03

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