Ue triple control harness 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.

$359.90 with Oscar vs $2,824.89 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
Oscar MGMCR $359.90
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $367.25
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $367.25
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $367.25
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $367.25
CHC Harris Health Indigent $367.25
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $367.25
BCBS MCRPPO $367.25
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $367.25
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $367.25
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $367.25
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $367.25
Devoted Health MGMCR $367.25
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $367.25
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $367.25
WellMed MGMCR $369.09
Aetna MCR $370.37
Van Lang IPA MCR $370.92
United MCR $374.60
WellCare MCRHMO $378.27
WellCare PFFS $378.27
WellCare POS $378.27
WellCare PPO $378.27
WellCare SNP $378.27
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $378.27
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $385.61
American Health Plan MGMCR $385.61
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $385.61
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $385.61
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $385.61
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $385.61
Superior Health Plan PFFS $385.61
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $385.61
Shared Health MGMCR $385.61
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $389.29
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $389.29
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $389.29
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $389.29
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $389.29
Molina MGMCR $400.30
Verda Health Plan MCR $477.43
Superior ValueHMO $532.51
Community Health Choice HIX $532.51
Superior EPO $569.24
Superior HMO $569.24
Molina Healthcare HIX $789.59
Humana HMO $2,824.89
Humana PPO $2,824.89

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Ue triple control harness at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $359.90 – $789.59
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $359.90 – $789.59
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $359.90 – $789.59
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $359.90 – $789.59
HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD HUMBLE not published $359.90 – $789.59
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $359.90 – $789.59
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $359.90 – $789.59
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $359.90 – $789.59

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