Rheumatoid factor qualitative 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.

$5.16 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $181.17 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
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $5.16
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $5.16
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $5.16
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $5.16
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $5.16
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $5.16
United MGMCD $5.26
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $5.57
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $5.68
Molina Healthcare STAR $5.68
Molina Healthcare CHIP $5.68
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $5.68
Oscar MGMCR $6.02
Devoted Health MGMCR $6.14
United SmallGroup $6.14
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6.14
United AllPayerAppendix $6.14
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.14
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $6.14
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $6.14
CHC Harris Health Indigent $6.14
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.14
BCBS MCRPPO $6.14
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $6.14
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $6.14
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $6.14
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $6.14
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $6.14
WellMed MGMCR $6.17
Aetna MCR $6.19
Van Lang IPA MCR $6.20
United MCR $6.26
WellCare POS $6.32
WellCare PPO $6.32
WellCare MCRHMO $6.32
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $6.32
WellCare PFFS $6.32
WellCare SNP $6.32
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $6.45
Humana MCD $6.45
American Health Plan MGMCR $6.45
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $6.45
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $6.45
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $6.45
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $6.45
Superior Health Plan PFFS $6.45
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $6.45
Shared Health MGMCR $6.45
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $6.51
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $6.51
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $6.51
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $6.51
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $6.51
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $6.65
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $6.65
Molina MGMCR $6.69
Verda Health Plan MCR $7.98
Superior ValueHMO $8.90
Community Health Choice HIX $8.90
Superior EPO $9.52
Superior HMO $9.52
BCBS MyBlueHealth $12.40
Molina Healthcare HIX $13.20
BCBS BAV $13.69
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $17.01
BCBS HMO $17.13
Oscar HIX $17.74
BCBS EPOSOA $18.36
BCBS PPO $19.59
Aetna QHPExchange $22.51
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $24.16
Superior Health Plan STAR $24.16
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $24.16
Superior Health Plan CHIP $24.16
Superior Health Plan STARKids $24.16
Cigna CSN $25.07
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $27.16
Aetna NBPOS $29.93
Aetna NBPPO $29.93
Aetna NBHMO $29.93
Aetna COMMHMO $31.80
Aetna COMMPPO $31.80
Aetna COMMPOS $31.80
Cigna PPO $32.31
Aetna OONHMO $37.36
Aetna OONPOS $37.36
Aetna OONPPO $37.36
Aetna ASAPPO $40.40
Aetna ASAPOS $40.40
Aetna ASAHMO $40.40
United OptionsPPO $67.64
Humana PPO $75.74
Humana HMO $75.74
Evry Health BroadNetwork $109.91
BCBS Traditional $140.91
Coventry National First Health COMM $146.55
United GlobalAppendix $181.17
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Rheumatoid factor qualitative at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $44.45 $4.42 – $127.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $269.00 $5.06 – $25.07
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $44.45 $4.42 – $127.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $5.16 – $25.07
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $216.36 $5.53 – $23.64
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $99.07 $5.16 – $123.83
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $89.83 $9.00 – $134.74
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $80.14 $5.16 – $100.18

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