Pr moderate sedation same physician >= 5 years initial 15 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

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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.

$17.38 with Superior Health Plan vs $130.35 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $17.38
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $17.38
Superior Health Plan STARKids $17.38
Superior Health Plan STAR $17.38
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $17.38
Aetna MCR $19.20
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.51
BCBS BAV $32.53
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $37.66
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $37.66
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $37.66
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $37.66
BCBS HMO $40.73
BCBS EPOSOA $41.49
BCBS PPO $42.24
Cigna CSN $42.87
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $46.35
United OptionsPPO $48.66
Cigna PPO $55.04
Oscar HIX $56.48
Aetna QHPExchange $64.88
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $73.86
Molina Healthcare HIX $78.21
Evry Health BroadNetwork $79.08
Aetna NBPPO $79.08
Aetna NBPOS $79.08
Aetna NBHMO $79.08
Aetna COMMPPO $83.71
Aetna COMMPOS $83.71
Aetna COMMHMO $83.71
CHC Harris Health Indigent $86.90
Humana HMO $92.43
Humana PPO $92.43
Aetna OONPPO $98.77
Aetna OONHMO $98.77
Aetna OONPOS $98.77
BCBS Traditional $101.38
Coventry National First Health COMM $105.44
Aetna ASAPPO $106.59
Aetna ASAPOS $106.59
Aetna ASAHMO $106.59
Curative Administrators COMM $115.86
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $115.86
United GlobalAppendix $130.35

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Pr moderate sedation same physician >= 5 years initial 15 minutes at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $788.55 $14.88 – $2,253.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $788.55 $18.41 – $2,253.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $29.51 – $29.51
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $29.51 – $29.51
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,290.89 $48.55 – $48.55
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $232.42 $38.71 – $329.26
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $232.42 $38.08 – $348.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $232.42 $38.08 – $290.53

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