Pr counseling smoke/tobacco intermediate greater 3 - 10 minutes 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

$520.11

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.

$520.11

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.

$19.77 with Humana vs $234.05 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
Humana HMO $19.77 ↓ -96%
Humana PPO $19.77 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.51 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $31.21 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $31.21 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $31.21 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $31.21 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $31.21 ↓ -94%
BCBS BAV $32.53 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $40.73 ↓ -92%
BCBS EPOSOA $41.49 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $42.24 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $67.61 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $67.61 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $67.61 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $67.61 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $76.98 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $83.22 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $87.38 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $98.82 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $101.42 ↓ -81%
Aetna QHPExchange $116.50 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $132.63 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $141.99 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $141.99 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $141.99 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBHMO $141.99 ↓ -73%
Aetna COMMPPO $150.31 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMHMO $150.31 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPOS $150.31 ↓ -71%
Aetna OONPOS $177.36 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONPPO $177.36 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONHMO $177.36 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $182.04 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $189.32 ↓ -64%
Aetna ASAHMO $191.40 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPPO $191.40 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPOS $191.40 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $208.04 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $208.04 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $234.05 ↓ -55%

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Pr counseling smoke/tobacco intermediate greater 3 - 10 minutes at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $103.00 $19.77 – $29.51
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $19.77 – $29.51
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $126.18 $48.55 – $48.55
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $48.71 $13.80 – $80.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $48.71 $10.03 – $73.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $48.71 $9.74 – $71.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $48.71 $12.99 – $80.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $48.71 $15.64 – $73.07

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