Tigecycline injection 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.

$0.30 with Christus (USFHP) vs $20.06 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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.30
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.30
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.92
United AllPayerAppendix $0.92
United SmallGroup $0.92
Cigna CSN $1.23
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1.34
Cigna PPO $1.59
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.63
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.63
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.63
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.63
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1.63
Aetna MCR $1.80
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.52
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.52
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.52
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.52
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3.67
BCBS BAV $4.04
United OptionsPPO $4.55
BCBS HMO $5.05
BCBS PPO $5.05
BCBS EPOSOA $5.05
Molina Healthcare HIX $7.32
CHC Harris Health Indigent $8.13
BCBS Traditional $9.48
Coventry National First Health COMM $9.86
United GlobalAppendix $12.20
Humana HMO $20.06
Humana PPO $20.06

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Tigecycline injection at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $195.70 $1.10 – $126.28
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $195.70 $0.90 – $126.28
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $0.30 – $20.06
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $0.56 – $20.06
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $1,072.74 $0.56 – $20.06
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE $1,358.31 $0.56 – $20.06
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $93.80 $0.90 – $201.00
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $838.51 $0.30 – $20.06

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