Pretreatment serum by diff red cell adsorption patient rbc/known phenotype each adsorption ref 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

$698.94

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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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$698.94

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.

$41.94 with Superior Health Plan vs $457.76 with BCBS — 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 CHPFC $41.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $41.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $41.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $41.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $41.94 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $90.86 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $90.86 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $90.86 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $90.86 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $117.42 ↓ -83%
Aetna QHPExchange $133.03 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $136.29 ↓ -81%
Cigna CSN $140.77 ↓ -80%
United SmallGroup $149.16 ↓ -79%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -79%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $149.16 ↓ -79%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $152.47 ↓ -78%
Aetna NBPOS $176.92 ↓ -75%
Aetna NBHMO $176.92 ↓ -75%
Aetna NBPPO $176.92 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $178.23 ↓ -74%
Cigna PPO $181.41 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMMHMO $187.96 ↓ -73%
Aetna COMMPOS $187.96 ↓ -73%
Aetna COMMPPO $187.96 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $190.81 ↓ -73%
Aetna OONHMO $220.80 ↓ -68%
Aetna OONPPO $220.80 ↓ -68%
Aetna OONPOS $220.80 ↓ -68%
Aetna ASAPPO $238.74 ↓ -66%
Aetna ASAHMO $238.74 ↓ -66%
Aetna ASAPOS $238.74 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $244.63 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $254.41 ↓ -64%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $279.58 ↓ -60%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $289.87 ↓ -59%
United GlobalAppendix $314.52 ↓ -55%
BCBS BAV $320.00 ↓ -54%
Humana HMO $376.32 ↓ -46%
Humana PPO $376.32 ↓ -46%
BCBS HMO $400.37 ↓ -43%
BCBS EPOSOA $429.07 ↓ -39%
BCBS PPO $457.76 ↓ -35%
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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $750.39 $133.03 – $376.32
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $367.00 $133.03 – $376.32
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $107.65 $10.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $130.91 $12.00 – $423.12
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $107.65 $10.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $130.91 $12.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $130.91 $8.00 – $423.12

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