Swallowing Therapy Session at HCA HOUSTON TOMBALL

5003 CYPRESS CREEK PKWY, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1750819025

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 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 $470.05 with Multiplan — 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 CHPFC $33.18 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $33.18 —
Superior Health Plan STAR $33.18 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $33.18 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $33.18 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $71.89 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $71.89 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $71.89 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $71.89 —
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $77.42 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $77.42 —
Oscar MGMCR $82.69 —
WellMed MGMCR $83.96 —
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $84.38 —
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $84.38 —
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $84.38 —
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $84.38 —
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $84.38 —
Devoted Health MGMCR $84.38 —
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $84.38 —
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $84.38 —
Amerigroup DualEligible $84.38 —
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $84.38 —
BCBS MCRPPO $84.38 —
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $84.38 —
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $84.38 —
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $84.38 —
CHC Harris Health Indigent $84.38 —
Aetna MCR $85.10 —
Van Lang IPA MCR $85.22 —
United MCR $86.07 —
WellCare SNP $86.91 —
WellCare POS $86.91 —
WellCare PFFS $86.91 —
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $86.91 —
WellCare PPO $86.91 —
WellCare MCRHMO $86.91 —
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $88.60 —
Superior Health Plan PFFS $88.60 —
American Health Plan 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 —
Shared Health MGMCR $88.60 —
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $88.60 —
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $89.44 —
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $89.44 —
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $89.44 —
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $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 —
Community Health Choice HIX $122.35 —
Superior ValueHMO $122.35 —
Superior EPO $130.79 —
Superior HMO $130.79 —
Aetna NBHMO $145.99 —
Aetna NBPOS $145.99 —
Aetna NBPPO $145.99 —
Aetna COMMPOS $154.84 —
Aetna COMMHMO $154.84 —
Aetna COMMPPO $154.84 —
Molina Healthcare HIX $181.42 —
Aetna OONPPO $182.49 —
Aetna OONHMO $182.49 —
Aetna OONPOS $182.49 —
Humana HMO $183.21 —
Humana PPO $183.21 —
BCBS Traditional $193.55 —
Coventry National First Health COMM $195.76 —
Aetna ASAPPO $196.87 —
Aetna ASAHMO $196.87 —
Aetna ASAPOS $196.87 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $205.78 —
BCBS BAV $226.89 —
United GlobalAppendix $248.85 —
BCBS HMO $284.05 —
BCBS EPOSOA $289.32 —
BCBS PPO $294.60 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $414.75 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $470.05 —

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Swallowing Therapy Session at other Texas hospitals

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
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston $115.50 $84.37 – $164.52
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston $28.00 $84.37 – $337.48
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston $115.50 $84.37 – $337.48
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $559.41 $82.69 – $181.42
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $82.69 – $181.42
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $332.43 $338.57 – $338.57

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