Warde apolipoprotein b 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.

$4.47 with Superior Health Plan vs $228.19 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 CHPFC $4.47
Superior Health Plan CHIP $4.47
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $4.47
Superior Health Plan STARKids $4.47
Superior Health Plan STAR $4.47
United OptionsPPO $12.51
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $17.72
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $17.72
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $17.72
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $17.72
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $17.72
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $17.72
United MGMCD $18.07
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $19.14
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $19.49
Molina Healthcare CHIP $19.49
Molina Healthcare STAR $19.49
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $19.49
Evry Health BroadNetwork $20.33
Oscar MGMCR $20.67
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $21.09
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $21.09
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $21.09
United AllPayerAppendix $21.09
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $21.09
United SmallGroup $21.09
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $21.09
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $21.09
Devoted Health MGMCR $21.09
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $21.09
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $21.09
BCBS MCRPPO $21.09
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $21.09
CHC Harris Health Indigent $21.09
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $21.09
WellMed MGMCR $21.20
Aetna MCR $21.27
Van Lang IPA MCR $21.30
United MCR $21.51
WellCare PFFS $21.72
WellCare PPO $21.72
WellCare MCRHMO $21.72
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $21.72
WellCare POS $21.72
WellCare SNP $21.72
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $22.14
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $22.14
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $22.14
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $22.14
Superior Health Plan PFFS $22.14
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $22.14
Shared Health MGMCR $22.14
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $22.14
American Health Plan MGMCR $22.14
Humana MCD $22.15
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $22.36
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $22.36
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $22.36
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $22.36
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $22.36
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $22.83
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $22.83
Molina MGMCR $22.99
BCBS Traditional $26.07
Coventry National First Health COMM $27.11
Verda Health Plan MCR $27.42
Community Health Choice HIX $30.58
Superior ValueHMO $30.58
Superior HMO $32.69
Superior EPO $32.69
United GlobalAppendix $33.52
BCBS MyBlueHealth $42.60
Molina Healthcare HIX $45.34
BCBS BAV $47.03
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $51.25
BCBS HMO $58.84
Oscar HIX $60.95
BCBS EPOSOA $63.06
BCBS PPO $67.28
Aetna QHPExchange $77.26
Cigna CSN $86.43
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $93.61
Aetna NBPOS $102.75
Aetna NBPPO $102.75
Aetna NBHMO $102.75
Aetna COMMPOS $109.16
Aetna COMMHMO $109.16
Aetna COMMPPO $109.16
Cigna PPO $111.38
Aetna OONPPO $128.24
Aetna OONHMO $128.24
Aetna OONPOS $128.24
Aetna ASAPOS $138.66
Aetna ASAHMO $138.66
Aetna ASAPPO $138.66
Humana PPO $228.19
Humana HMO $228.19
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