Prolonged IV inf, req pump at HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL
5003 CYPRESS CREEK PKWY, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1750819025
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Cash price 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 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.
$104.94 with Superior Health Plan vs $787.08 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $104.94 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $104.94 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $104.94 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $104.94 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $104.94 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $227.38 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $227.38 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $227.38 | — |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $227.38 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $258.86 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $279.85 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $285.10 | — |
| United | OptionsPPO | $293.84 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $314.83 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $332.32 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $341.07 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $391.79 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $393.54 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $402.28 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $409.28 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $446.01 | — |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $477.49 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $477.49 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $477.49 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $477.49 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $505.48 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $505.48 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $505.48 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $558.13 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $558.13 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $596.43 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $596.43 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $596.43 | — |
| BCBS | Traditional | $612.17 | — |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $636.66 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $643.65 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $643.65 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $643.65 | — |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $699.62 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $699.62 | — |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $787.08 | — |
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Prolonged IV inf, req pump at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $634.68 – $634.68 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $538.70 – $538.70 |
| St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center | Pasadena | $138.29 | $90.00 – $296.33 |
| Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) | Smithville | $102.60 | $222.91 – $270.78 |
| Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) | Austin | $199.50 | $222.91 – $270.78 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $387.00 – $387.00 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $495.36 – $495.36 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $336.45 – $659.45 |