Shoe heel sach cushion type 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.

$127.79 with Oscar vs $1,003.03 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
Oscar MGMCR $127.79
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $130.40
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $130.40
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $130.40
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $130.40
CHC Harris Health Indigent $130.40
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $130.40
BCBS MCRPPO $130.40
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $130.40
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $130.40
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $130.40
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $130.40
Devoted Health MGMCR $130.40
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $130.40
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $130.40
WellMed MGMCR $131.05
Aetna MCR $131.51
Van Lang IPA MCR $131.70
United MCR $133.01
WellCare MCRHMO $134.31
WellCare PFFS $134.31
WellCare POS $134.31
WellCare PPO $134.31
WellCare SNP $134.31
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $134.31
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $136.92
American Health Plan MGMCR $136.92
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $136.92
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $136.92
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $136.92
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $136.92
Superior Health Plan PFFS $136.92
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $136.92
Shared Health MGMCR $136.92
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $138.22
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $138.22
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $138.22
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $138.22
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $138.22
Molina MGMCR $142.14
Verda Health Plan MCR $169.52
Superior ValueHMO $189.08
Community Health Choice HIX $189.08
Superior EPO $202.12
Superior HMO $202.12
Molina Healthcare HIX $280.36
Humana HMO $1,003.03
Humana PPO $1,003.03

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Shoe heel sach cushion type at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $127.79 – $280.36
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $127.79 – $280.36
Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) Smithville $89.46 $101.15 – $101.15
Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) Austin $173.95 $101.15 – $101.15
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $127.79 – $280.36
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $127.79 – $280.36
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $127.79 – $280.36
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $127.79 – $280.36

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