Potassium 24 hour urine 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.

$3.97 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $97.66 with United — 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.97
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $3.97
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $3.97
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.97
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.97
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.97
United MGMCD $4.05
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $4.29
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $4.37
Molina Healthcare CHIP $4.37
Molina Healthcare STAR $4.37
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $4.37
Oscar MGMCR $4.64
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $4.73
Devoted Health MGMCR $4.73
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.73
BCBS MCRPPO $4.73
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $4.73
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $4.73
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $4.73
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.73
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.73
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.73
United SmallGroup $4.73
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.73
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $4.73
United AllPayerAppendix $4.73
CHC Harris Health Indigent $4.73
WellMed MGMCR $4.75
Aetna MCR $4.77
Van Lang IPA MCR $4.78
United MCR $4.82
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $4.87
WellCare PPO $4.87
WellCare POS $4.87
WellCare MCRHMO $4.87
WellCare PFFS $4.87
WellCare SNP $4.87
Humana MCD $4.96
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $4.97
American Health Plan MGMCR $4.97
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $4.97
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $4.97
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $4.97
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $4.97
Superior Health Plan PFFS $4.97
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $4.97
Shared Health MGMCR $4.97
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $5.01
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $5.01
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $5.01
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $5.01
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $5.01
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.12
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5.12
Molina MGMCR $5.16
Verda Health Plan MCR $6.15
Community Health Choice HIX $6.86
Superior ValueHMO $6.86
Superior EPO $7.33
Superior HMO $7.33
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9.55
Molina Healthcare HIX $10.17
BCBS BAV $10.55
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $12.93
Superior Health Plan CHIP $13.02
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $13.02
Superior Health Plan STAR $13.02
Superior Health Plan STARKids $13.02
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $13.02
BCBS HMO $13.20
Oscar HIX $13.67
BCBS EPOSOA $14.14
BCBS PPO $15.09
Aetna QHPExchange $17.30
Cigna CSN $19.53
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $21.15
Aetna NBPPO $23.01
Aetna NBHMO $23.01
Aetna NBPOS $23.01
Aetna COMMHMO $24.45
Aetna COMMPOS $24.45
Aetna COMMPPO $24.45
Cigna PPO $25.17
Aetna OONPPO $28.72
Aetna OONHMO $28.72
Aetna OONPOS $28.72
Aetna ASAPPO $31.05
Aetna ASAPOS $31.05
Aetna ASAHMO $31.05
United OptionsPPO $36.46
Humana HMO $57.56
Humana PPO $57.56
Evry Health BroadNetwork $59.25
BCBS Traditional $75.96
Coventry National First Health COMM $79.00
United GlobalAppendix $97.66
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Potassium 24 hour urine at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $50.40 $3.41 – $144.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $498.00 $3.89 – $19.53
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $50.40 $3.41 – $144.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $3.97 – $19.53
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $112.65 $4.26 – $18.21
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $58.91 $3.97 – $73.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $46.51 $6.93 – $69.77
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $58.31 $3.97 – $72.89

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