Warde immunofixation electrophoresis urine 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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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.

$1.57 with Superior Health Plan vs $392.01 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 $1.57
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1.57
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.57
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.57
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.57
United OptionsPPO $4.39
Evry Health BroadNetwork $7.13
BCBS Traditional $9.14
Coventry National First Health COMM $9.50
United GlobalAppendix $11.75
Texas Childrens Healthplans MEDICAID $24.65
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $24.65
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $24.65
Texas Childrens Healthplans CHIP $24.65
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $24.65
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $24.65
United MGMCD $25.14
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $26.62
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $27.12
Molina Healthcare CHIP $27.12
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $27.12
Molina Healthcare STAR $27.12
Oscar MGMCR $28.76
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $29.35
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $29.35
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $29.35
United AllPayerAppendix $29.35
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $29.35
United SmallGroup $29.35
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $29.35
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $29.35
Devoted Health MGMCR $29.35
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $29.35
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $29.35
BCBS MCRPPO $29.35
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $29.35
CHC Harris Health Indigent $29.35
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $29.35
WellMed MGMCR $29.50
Aetna MCR $29.60
Van Lang IPA MCR $29.64
United MCR $29.94
WellCare POS $30.23
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $30.23
WellCare PFFS $30.23
WellCare MCRHMO $30.23
WellCare PPO $30.23
WellCare SNP $30.23
Humana MCD $30.81
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $30.82
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $30.82
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $30.82
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $30.82
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $30.82
American Health Plan MGMCR $30.82
Superior Health Plan PFFS $30.82
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $30.82
Shared Health MGMCR $30.82
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $31.11
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $31.11
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $31.11
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $31.11
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $31.11
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $31.77
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $31.77
Molina MGMCR $31.99
Verda Health Plan MCR $38.16
Superior ValueHMO $42.56
Community Health Choice HIX $42.56
Superior HMO $45.49
Superior EPO $45.49
BCBS MyBlueHealth $59.29
Molina Healthcare HIX $63.10
BCBS BAV $65.45
BCBS HMO $81.89
Oscar HIX $84.82
BCBS EPOSOA $87.76
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $88.04
BCBS PPO $93.63
Aetna QHPExchange $107.53
Cigna CSN $121.28
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $131.37
Aetna NBPOS $143.01
Aetna NBPPO $143.01
Aetna NBHMO $143.01
Aetna COMMHMO $151.93
Aetna COMMPPO $151.93
Aetna COMMPOS $151.93
Cigna PPO $156.30
Aetna OONHMO $178.48
Aetna OONPOS $178.48
Aetna OONPPO $178.48
Aetna ASAHMO $192.98
Aetna ASAPPO $192.98
Aetna ASAPOS $192.98
Humana HMO $392.01
Humana PPO $392.01
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Warde immunofixation electrophoresis urine at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $86.45 $21.13 – $247.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $86.45 $21.13 – $247.00
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $24.65 – $121.28
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $24.16 – $121.28
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $193.78 $10.00 – $70.44
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $146.25 $7.69 – $70.44
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