2019-ncov diagnostic p at HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD

5324 ATASCOCITA RD, HUMBLE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1811942238

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 14, 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.

$29.57 with Texas Health Network vs $114.58 with BCBS — 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
Texas Health Network MCD $29.57
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $30.17
Amerigroup MGMCD $30.17
Molina Healthcare STAR $33.19
Molina Healthcare CHIP $33.19
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $33.19
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $33.19
Oscar MGMCR $35.20
WellMed MGMCR $35.74
Devoted Health MGMCR $35.92
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $35.92
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $35.92
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $35.92
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $35.92
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $35.92
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $35.92
BCBS MCRPPO $35.92
CHC Harris Health Indigent $35.92
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $35.92
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $35.92
United AllPayerAppendix $35.92
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $35.92
United SmallGroup $35.92
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $35.92
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $35.92
Amerigroup DualEligible $35.92
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $35.92
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $35.92
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $35.92
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $35.92
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $35.92
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $35.92
Aetna MCR $36.23
Van Lang IPA MCR $36.28
United MCR $36.64
United MGMCD $36.64
WellCare POS $37.00
WellCare PPO $37.00
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $37.00
WellCare PFFS $37.00
WellCare MCRHMO $37.00
WellCare SNP $37.00
Humana MCD $37.71
American Health Plan MGMCR $37.72
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $37.72
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $37.72
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $37.72
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $37.72
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $37.72
Superior Health Plan PFFS $37.72
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $37.72
Shared Health MGMCR $37.72
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $38.08
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $38.08
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $38.08
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $38.08
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $38.08
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $38.79
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $38.88
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $38.88
Molina MGMCR $39.15
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $43.10
Verda Health Plan MCR $46.70
Community Health Choice HIX $52.08
Superior ValueHMO $52.08
Superior EPO $55.68
Superior HMO $55.68
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $68.25
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $71.12
BCBS MyBlueHealth $72.56
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $75.43
Molina Healthcare HIX $77.23
BCBS BAV $80.10
BCBS HMO $100.22
Oscar HIX $103.81
BCBS EPOSOA $107.40
BCBS PPO $114.58

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2019-ncov diagnostic p at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $85.40 $28.66 – $183.00
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $12.95 $5.55 – $93.39
Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital Cedar Park $49.37 $35.92 – $68.25
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $32.33 – $138.29
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $29.57 – $75.43
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $33.19 – $52.08
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $29.57 – $75.43
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $33.19 – $52.08

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