St treatment swallow dysfunction/oral 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.

$33.18 with Superior Health Plan vs $825.85 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $33.18
Superior Health Plan CHIP $33.18
Superior Health Plan STARKids $33.18
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $33.18
Superior Health Plan STAR $33.18
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $71.89
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $71.89
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $71.89
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $71.89
Oscar MGMCR $82.69
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $83.93
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $83.93
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $84.38
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $84.38
Devoted Health MGMCR $84.38
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $84.38
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $84.38
CHC Harris Health Indigent $84.38
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $84.38
BCBS MCRPPO $84.38
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $84.38
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $84.38
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $84.38
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $84.38
WellMed MGMCR $84.80
Aetna MCR $85.10
Van Lang IPA MCR $85.22
United MCR $86.07
WellCare SNP $86.91
WellCare PPO $86.91
WellCare POS $86.91
WellCare MCRHMO $86.91
WellCare PFFS $86.91
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $86.91
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $88.60
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $88.60
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $88.60
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $88.60
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $88.60
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $88.60
Shared Health MGMCR $88.60
Superior Health Plan PFFS $88.60
American Health Plan MGMCR $88.60
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $89.44
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $89.44
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $89.44
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $89.44
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $89.44
Molina MGMCR $91.97
United OptionsPPO $92.90
Oscar HIX $107.83
Verda Health Plan MCR $109.69
Superior ValueHMO $122.35
Community Health Choice HIX $122.35
Aetna QHPExchange $123.87
Superior HMO $130.79
Superior EPO $130.79
Aetna NBPPO $150.97
Aetna NBHMO $150.97
Aetna NBPOS $150.97
Aetna COMMPPO $159.82
Aetna COMMPOS $159.82
Aetna COMMHMO $159.82
Molina Healthcare HIX $181.42
Aetna OONPPO $188.57
Aetna OONHMO $188.57
Aetna OONPOS $188.57
BCBS Traditional $193.55
Coventry National First Health COMM $201.29
Aetna ASAPPO $203.50
Aetna ASAHMO $203.50
Aetna ASAPOS $203.50
BCBS MyBlueHealth $205.78
BCBS BAV $226.89
United GlobalAppendix $248.85
BCBS HMO $284.05
BCBS EPOSOA $289.32
BCBS PPO $294.60
Humana HMO $825.85
Humana PPO $825.85

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $141.40 $48.69 – $404.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $141.40 $100.00 – $404.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $82.69 – $181.42
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $82.69 – $181.42
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $297.77 $84.37 – $421.84
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $268.12 $55.19 – $402.17
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