Scr c/v cyto,thinlayer,rescr 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.
$25.96 with Oscar vs $318.60 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.
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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| Oscar | MGMCR | $25.96 | — |
| United | SmallGroup | $26.49 | — |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $26.49 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $26.49 | — |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $26.49 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $26.49 | — |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $26.49 | — |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $26.49 | — |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $26.49 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $26.49 | — |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $26.49 | — |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $26.49 | — |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $26.49 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $26.49 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $26.49 | — |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $26.49 | — |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $26.62 | — |
| Aetna | MCR | $26.72 | — |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $26.75 | — |
| United | MCR | $27.02 | — |
| WellCare | PPO | $27.28 | — |
| WellCare | SNP | $27.28 | — |
| WellCare | POS | $27.28 | — |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $27.28 | — |
| WellCare | PFFS | $27.28 | — |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $27.28 | — |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $27.81 | — |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $27.81 | — |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $27.81 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $27.81 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $27.81 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $27.81 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $27.81 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $27.81 | — |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $27.81 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $28.08 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $28.08 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $28.08 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $28.08 | — |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $28.08 | — |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $28.67 | — |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $28.67 | — |
| Molina | MGMCR | $28.87 | — |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $34.44 | — |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $38.41 | — |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $38.41 | — |
| Superior | HMO | $41.06 | — |
| Superior | EPO | $41.06 | — |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $53.51 | — |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $56.95 | — |
| BCBS | BAV | $59.07 | — |
| BCBS | HMO | $73.91 | — |
| Oscar | HIX | $76.56 | — |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $79.21 | — |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $79.48 | — |
| BCBS | PPO | $84.50 | — |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $97.03 | — |
| Cigna | CSN | $108.73 | — |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $117.77 | — |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $129.03 | — |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $129.03 | — |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $129.03 | — |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $137.09 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $137.09 | — |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $137.09 | — |
| Cigna | PPO | $140.11 | — |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $161.04 | — |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $161.04 | — |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $161.04 | — |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $174.12 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $174.12 | — |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $174.12 | — |
| Humana | HMO | $318.60 | — |
| Humana | PPO | $318.60 | — |
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Scr c/v cyto,thinlayer,rescr at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER | Houston | not published | $25.96 – $108.73 |
| HCA HOUSTON WEST | HOUSTON | not published | $25.96 – $108.73 |
| Adventhealth Rollins Brook | Lampasas | not published | $23.84 – $101.99 |
| CHRISTUS Children's Hospital | San Antonio | not published | $98.48 – $98.48 |
| HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE | FRIENDSWOOD | not published | $25.96 – $108.73 |
| Covenant Children's Hospital | Lubbock | not published | $57.87 – $115.50 |
| HCA HOUSTON CONROE | CONROE | not published | $25.96 – $108.73 |
| HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD | HUMBLE | not published | $25.96 – $108.73 |