Sling arm deluxe w/pad xs 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

$288.00

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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$288.00

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.

$10.76 with Oscar vs $129.60 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
Oscar MGMCR $10.76 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $10.98 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $10.98 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $10.98 ↓ -96%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $10.98 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRPPO $10.98 ↓ -96%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $10.98 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $10.98 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $10.98 ↓ -96%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $10.98 ↓ -96%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $10.98 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MGMCR $10.98 ↓ -96%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $10.98 ↓ -96%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $10.98 ↓ -96%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $10.98 ↓ -96%
WellMed MGMCR $11.03 ↓ -96%
Aetna MCR $11.07 ↓ -96%
Van Lang IPA MCR $11.09 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11.09 ↓ -96%
United MCR $11.20 ↓ -96%
WellCare PPO $11.31 ↓ -96%
WellCare SNP $11.31 ↓ -96%
WellCare POS $11.31 ↓ -96%
WellCare MCRHMO $11.31 ↓ -96%
WellCare PFFS $11.31 ↓ -96%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $11.31 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $11.53 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $11.53 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $11.53 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $11.53 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $11.53 ↓ -96%
Shared Health MGMCR $11.53 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $11.53 ↓ -96%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $11.53 ↓ -96%
American Health Plan MGMCR $11.53 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $11.64 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $11.64 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $11.64 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $11.64 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $11.64 ↓ -96%
Molina MGMCR $11.97 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $12.25 ↓ -96%
Verda Health Plan MCR $14.27 ↓ -95%
BCBS HMO $15.29 ↓ -95%
Superior ValueHMO $15.92 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice HIX $15.92 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $16.18 ↓ -94%
Superior EPO $17.02 ↓ -94%
Superior HMO $17.02 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $17.08 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $17.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $17.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $17.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $17.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $17.28 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare HIX $23.61 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $37.44 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $37.44 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $37.44 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $37.44 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $42.62 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $46.08 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $48.38 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $54.72 ↓ -81%
Humana PPO $84.35 ↓ -71%
Humana HMO $84.35 ↓ -71%
BCBS Traditional $100.80 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $104.83 ↓ -64%
United GlobalAppendix $129.60 ↓ -55%

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Sling arm deluxe w/pad xs at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $10.76 – $23.61
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $10.76 – $23.61
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $41.10 $2.26 – $10.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $41.10 $1.64 – $11.98
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $41.10 $2.20 – $14.70
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $41.10 $2.13 – $10.65
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $41.10 $2.56 – $36.36
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $41.10 $4.13 – $11.98

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