Vaccine varicella live subcutaneous 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

$937.66

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.

$937.66

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.

$56.26 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,353.47 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 STAR $56.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $56.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $56.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $56.26 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $56.26 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $62.17 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $121.90 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $121.90 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $121.90 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $121.90 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $157.53 ↓ -83%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $193.98 ↓ -79%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $193.98 ↓ -79%
Molina Healthcare HIX $253.17 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $281.30 ↓ -70%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $311.25 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $328.18 ↓ -65%
Coventry National First Health COMM $341.31 ↓ -64%
BCBS BAV $343.01 ↓ -63%
United SmallGroup $380.14 ↓ -59%
United AllPayerAppendix $380.14 ↓ -59%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $380.14 ↓ -59%
United GlobalAppendix $421.95 ↓ -55%
BCBS PPO $428.76 ↓ -54%
BCBS EPOSOA $428.76 ↓ -54%
BCBS HMO $428.76 ↓ -54%
Cigna CSN $496.00 ↓ -47%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $537.00 ↓ -43%
Cigna PPO $639.48 ↓ -32%
Humana HMO $1,353.47 ↑ +44%
Humana PPO $1,353.47 ↑ +44%

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Vaccine varicella live subcutaneous at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $937.66 $193.98 – $1,353.47
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $45.80 $28.79 – $130.83
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $45.80 $28.79 – $130.83
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $203.64 – $1,353.47
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $495.68 $140.44 – $702.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $495.68 $102.03 – $743.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $495.68 $99.14 – $619.60
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $495.68 $132.18 – $702.21

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