Red blood cells leukocytes reduced each unit 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.

$45.89 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,077.56 with Aetna — 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 $45.89
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $45.89
Superior Health Plan STARKids $45.89
Superior Health Plan STAR $45.89
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $45.89
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $99.42
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $99.42
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $99.42
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $99.42
Cigna CSN $113.19
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $122.37
BCBS MyBlueHealth $124.66
United OptionsPPO $128.49
BCBS BAV $137.66
Cigna PPO $145.31
Oscar HIX $149.14
BCBS HMO $172.08
BCBS EPOSOA $175.90
BCBS PPO $178.96
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $195.02
Evry Health BroadNetwork $208.79
BCBS Traditional $267.68
Coventry National First Health COMM $278.39
Curative Administrators COMM $305.92
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $305.92
United GlobalAppendix $344.16
Aetna QHPExchange $1,157.67
Aetna NBHMO $1,539.55
Aetna NBPOS $1,539.55
Aetna NBPPO $1,539.55
Aetna COMMHMO $1,635.63
Aetna COMMPPO $1,635.63
Aetna COMMPOS $1,635.63
Humana PPO $1,789.92
Humana HMO $1,789.92
Aetna OONPPO $1,921.44
Aetna OONHMO $1,921.44
Aetna OONPOS $1,921.44
Aetna ASAHMO $2,077.56
Aetna ASAPOS $2,077.56
Aetna ASAPPO $2,077.56

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Red blood cells leukocytes reduced each unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $369.25 $94.00 – $1,055.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $1,460.00 $1,157.67 – $1,789.92
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $369.25 $88.00 – $1,055.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $1,157.67 – $1,789.92
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $478.23 not published
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $853.50 $116.12 – $512.29
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $853.50 $82.83 – $603.63
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $853.50 $78.66 – $491.62

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