Rsv assay w/optic 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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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.

$11.00 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $160.14 with Humana — 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $11.00
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $11.00
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $11.00
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $11.00
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $11.00
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $11.00
United MGMCD $11.22
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $11.88
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $12.10
Molina Healthcare CHIP $12.10
Molina Healthcare STAR $12.10
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $12.10
Oscar MGMCR $12.84
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $13.10
Devoted Health MGMCR $13.10
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.10
BCBS MCRPPO $13.10
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $13.10
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $13.10
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $13.10
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $13.10
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $13.10
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.10
United SmallGroup $13.10
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.10
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $13.10
United AllPayerAppendix $13.10
CHC Harris Health Indigent $13.10
WellMed MGMCR $13.17
Aetna MCR $13.21
Van Lang IPA MCR $13.23
United MCR $13.36
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $13.49
WellCare PPO $13.49
WellCare POS $13.49
WellCare MCRHMO $13.49
WellCare PFFS $13.49
WellCare SNP $13.49
Humana MCD $13.75
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $13.76
American Health Plan MGMCR $13.76
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $13.76
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $13.76
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $13.76
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $13.76
Superior Health Plan PFFS $13.76
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $13.76
Shared Health MGMCR $13.76
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $13.89
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $13.89
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $13.89
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $13.89
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $13.89
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $14.18
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $14.18
Molina MGMCR $14.28
Verda Health Plan MCR $17.03
Superior ValueHMO $18.99
Community Health Choice HIX $18.99
Superior EPO $20.30
Superior HMO $20.30
Superior Health Plan STARKids $21.10
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $21.10
Superior Health Plan STAR $21.10
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $21.10
Superior Health Plan CHIP $21.10
BCBS MyBlueHealth $26.46
Molina Healthcare HIX $28.16
BCBS BAV $29.21
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $35.96
BCBS HMO $36.55
Oscar HIX $37.86
BCBS EPOSOA $39.17
BCBS PPO $41.79
Aetna QHPExchange $48.01
Cigna CSN $54.38
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $58.91
United OptionsPPO $59.09
Aetna NBPOS $63.84
Aetna NBHMO $63.84
Aetna NBPPO $63.84
Aetna COMMPPO $67.83
Aetna COMMHMO $67.83
Aetna COMMPOS $67.83
Cigna PPO $70.08
Aetna OONPOS $79.68
Aetna OONHMO $79.68
Aetna OONPPO $79.68
Aetna ASAPPO $86.15
Aetna ASAPOS $86.15
Aetna ASAHMO $86.15
Evry Health BroadNetwork $96.02
BCBS Traditional $123.10
Coventry National First Health COMM $128.02
United GlobalAppendix $158.27
Humana HMO $160.14
Humana PPO $160.14
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Rsv assay w/optic at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $50.75 $9.43 – $145.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $50.75 $9.43 – $145.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $11.00 – $54.38
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $10.78 – $54.38
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $110.46 $10.00 – $138.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $130.05 $12.00 – $195.07
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $122.48 $11.00 – $153.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $110.46 $10.00 – $138.07

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