Split blood or products 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

$237.97

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.

$237.97

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.

$14.28 with Superior Health Plan vs $457.76 with BCBS — 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $14.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $14.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $14.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $14.28 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $14.28 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $30.94 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $30.94 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $30.94 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $30.94 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $35.22 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $38.08 ↓ -84%
United OptionsPPO $39.98 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $45.21 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $46.40 ↓ -81%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $60.68 ↓ -75%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $64.97 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $75.94 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $75.94 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $83.29 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $86.62 ↓ -64%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $95.19 ↓ -60%
Aetna QHPExchange $97.85 ↓ -59%
United GlobalAppendix $107.09 ↓ -55%
Aetna NBHMO $130.12 ↓ -45%
Aetna NBPPO $130.12 ↓ -45%
Aetna NBPOS $130.12 ↓ -45%
Aetna COMMPPO $138.24 ↓ -42%
Aetna COMMPOS $138.24 ↓ -42%
Aetna COMMHMO $138.24 ↓ -42%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $149.16 ↓ -37%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -37%
United SmallGroup $149.16 ↓ -37%
Aetna OONPPO $162.40 ↓ -32%
Aetna OONHMO $162.40 ↓ -32%
Aetna OONPOS $162.40 ↓ -32%
Aetna ASAPOS $175.60 ↓ -26%
Aetna ASAHMO $175.60 ↓ -26%
Aetna ASAPPO $175.60 ↓ -26%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $289.87 ↑ +22%
BCBS BAV $320.00 ↑ +34%
BCBS HMO $400.37 ↑ +68%
BCBS EPOSOA $429.07 ↑ +80%
BCBS PPO $457.76 ↑ +92%
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Split blood or products at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $357.43 $97.85 – $289.87
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $92.75 $36.95 – $265.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $92.75 $61.97 – $265.00
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $97.85 – $289.87
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $125.72 $10.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $217.64 $12.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $217.64 $12.00 – $423.12
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $125.72 $10.00 – $423.12

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