Spirometry bronchodilation responsiveness pre/post bronchodilator administration 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

$4,255.02

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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$4,255.02

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.

$110.47 with BCBS vs $1,914.76 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $110.47 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $121.80 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $152.49 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $155.32 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $158.15 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $255.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $255.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $255.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $255.30 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $255.30 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $443.46 ↓ -90%
Humana PPO $443.46 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $553.15 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $553.15 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $553.15 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $553.15 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $629.74 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $680.80 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $714.84 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $808.45 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $829.73 ↓ -80%
Aetna QHPExchange $953.12 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,085.03 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,161.62 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $1,161.62 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPOS $1,161.62 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBHMO $1,161.62 ↓ -73%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,229.70 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,229.70 ↓ -71%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,229.70 ↓ -71%
Aetna OONPOS $1,450.96 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONPPO $1,450.96 ↓ -66%
Aetna OONHMO $1,450.96 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $1,489.26 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,548.83 ↓ -64%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,565.85 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,565.85 ↓ -63%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,565.85 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,702.01 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,702.01 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $1,914.76 ↓ -55%

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Spirometry bronchodilation responsiveness pre/post bronchodilator administration at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $4,215.55 $110.47 – $443.46
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $833.35 $55.71 – $2,381.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON $3,159.00 $110.47 – $443.46
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $833.35 $68.93 – $2,381.00
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $628.51 $144.93 – $805.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $669.63 $137.83 – $1,004.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $786.77 $142.57 – $983.46
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $628.51 $110.47 – $805.95

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