Pt application of modality >=1 area iontophoresis each 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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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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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.

$16.52 with Oscar vs $214.84 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
Oscar MGMCR $16.52
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.86
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $16.86
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.86
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $16.86
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.86
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $16.86
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $16.86
BCBS MCRPPO $16.86
CHC Harris Health Indigent $16.86
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $16.86
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $16.86
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $16.86
WellMed MGMCR $16.95
Aetna MCR $17.00
Van Lang IPA MCR $17.03
United MCR $17.20
WellCare PFFS $17.37
WellCare MCRHMO $17.37
WellCare POS $17.37
WellCare SNP $17.37
WellCare PPO $17.37
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $17.37
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $17.70
American Health Plan MGMCR $17.70
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $17.70
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $17.70
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $17.70
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $17.70
Superior Health Plan PFFS $17.70
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $17.70
Shared Health MGMCR $17.70
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $17.87
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $17.87
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $17.87
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $17.87
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $17.87
Molina MGMCR $18.38
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $19.04
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $19.04
Verda Health Plan MCR $21.92
Superior ValueHMO $24.45
Community Health Choice HIX $24.45
Superior EPO $26.13
Superior HMO $26.13
Superior Health Plan STARKids $28.65
Superior Health Plan STAR $28.65
Superior Health Plan CHIP $28.65
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $28.65
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $28.65
Molina Healthcare HIX $36.25
BCBS MyBlueHealth $49.75
BCBS BAV $54.85
Aetna QHPExchange $58.43
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $62.07
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $62.07
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $62.07
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $62.07
BCBS HMO $68.67
BCBS EPOSOA $69.95
BCBS PPO $71.22
Aetna NBHMO $77.62
Aetna NBPPO $77.62
Aetna NBPOS $77.62
United OptionsPPO $80.21
Aetna COMMPOS $82.33
Aetna COMMPPO $82.33
Aetna COMMHMO $82.33
Oscar HIX $93.10
Aetna OONPPO $97.06
Aetna OONPOS $97.06
Aetna OONHMO $97.06
Aetna ASAPOS $104.73
Aetna ASAHMO $104.73
Aetna ASAPPO $104.73
BCBS Traditional $167.10
Coventry National First Health COMM $173.78
Humana HMO $199.18
Humana PPO $199.18
United GlobalAppendix $214.84

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Pt application of modality >=1 area iontophoresis each 15 minutes at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $45.85 $25.09 – $131.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $45.85 $31.04 – $131.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $16.52 – $58.43
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $16.52 – $36.25
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $154.64 $43.82 – $219.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $168.35 $34.65 – $252.53
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $116.63 $23.33 – $149.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $154.64 $41.24 – $219.08

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