T4 (thyroxine) free 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.

$7.58 with Texas Childrens Healthplans vs $205.42 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
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $7.58
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $7.58
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $7.58
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $7.58
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $7.58
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $7.58
United MGMCD $7.73
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $8.19
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $8.34
Molina Healthcare STAR $8.34
Molina Healthcare CHIP $8.34
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $8.34
Oscar MGMCR $8.84
Devoted Health MGMCR $9.02
United SmallGroup $9.02
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.02
United AllPayerAppendix $9.02
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.02
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $9.02
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $9.02
CHC Harris Health Indigent $9.02
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.02
BCBS MCRPPO $9.02
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $9.02
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $9.02
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $9.02
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $9.02
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $9.02
WellMed MGMCR $9.07
Aetna MCR $9.10
Van Lang IPA MCR $9.11
United MCR $9.20
WellCare POS $9.29
WellCare PPO $9.29
WellCare MCRHMO $9.29
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $9.29
WellCare PFFS $9.29
WellCare SNP $9.29
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $9.47
Humana MCD $9.47
American Health Plan MGMCR $9.47
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $9.47
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $9.47
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $9.47
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $9.47
Superior Health Plan PFFS $9.47
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $9.47
Shared Health MGMCR $9.47
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $9.56
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $9.56
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $9.56
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $9.56
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $9.56
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $9.76
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $9.76
Molina MGMCR $9.83
Verda Health Plan MCR $11.73
Superior ValueHMO $13.08
Community Health Choice HIX $13.08
Superior HMO $13.98
Superior EPO $13.98
BCBS MyBlueHealth $18.22
Molina Healthcare HIX $19.39
BCBS BAV $20.11
BCBS HMO $25.17
Oscar HIX $26.07
BCBS EPOSOA $26.97
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $27.04
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $27.39
Superior Health Plan STAR $27.39
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $27.39
Superior Health Plan CHIP $27.39
Superior Health Plan STARKids $27.39
BCBS PPO $28.77
Aetna QHPExchange $33.07
Cigna CSN $37.63
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $40.76
Aetna NBPOS $43.97
Aetna NBHMO $43.97
Aetna NBPPO $43.97
Aetna COMMPOS $46.72
Aetna COMMPPO $46.72
Aetna COMMHMO $46.72
Cigna PPO $48.49
Aetna OONHMO $54.88
Aetna OONPOS $54.88
Aetna OONPPO $54.88
Aetna ASAPPO $59.34
Aetna ASAHMO $59.34
Aetna ASAPOS $59.34
United OptionsPPO $76.69
Humana HMO $120.43
Humana PPO $120.43
Evry Health BroadNetwork $124.62
BCBS Traditional $159.77
Coventry National First Health COMM $166.16
United GlobalAppendix $205.42
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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T4 (thyroxine) free at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $62.65 $6.49 – $179.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $62.65 $6.49 – $179.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $7.58 – $37.63
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $7.43 – $37.63
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $251.77 $8.12 – $34.73
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $128.73 $7.58 – $41.25
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $132.83 $6.79 – $49.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $144.14 $7.58 – $41.25

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