Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) 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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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.

$102.66 with Texas Health Network vs $5,680.61 with Affiliated PPO — 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 $102.66
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $104.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $104.75
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $104.75
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $106.88
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $106.88
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $106.88
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $106.88
United MGMCD $109.02
Molina Healthcare STAR $115.23
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $115.23
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $115.23
Molina Healthcare CHIP $115.23
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $115.43
Humana MCD $130.94
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
United SmallGroup $245.18
BCBS BAV $249.94
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $378.71
Superior Health Plan STAR $378.71
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $378.71
Superior Health Plan STARKids $378.71
Superior Health Plan CHIP $378.71
BCBS HMO $381.07
BCBS EPOSOA $395.64
BCBS PPO $409.09
Aetna QHPExchange $475.78
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Aetna NBPPO $632.35
Aetna NBPOS $632.35
Aetna NBHMO $632.35
Aetna COMMPPO $672.67
Aetna COMMPOS $672.67
Aetna COMMHMO $672.67
Aetna OONPPO $790.94
Aetna OONPOS $790.94
Aetna OONHMO $790.94
Aetna ASAHMO $854.78
Aetna ASAPPO $854.78
Aetna ASAPOS $854.78
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,047.76
United OptionsPPO $1,060.38
Humana HMO $1,452.86
Humana PPO $1,452.86
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,723.12
BCBS Traditional $2,209.13
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $2,209.13
Imagine Health PPO $2,209.13
Curative Administrators COMM $2,524.72
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,524.72
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,714.07
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,840.31
United GlobalAppendix $2,840.31
Averde Health Commercial $2,840.31
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,364.18
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $3,471.48
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $3,471.48
Independent Medical System COMM $3,787.07
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $3,787.07
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,787.07
Coastal Comp COMM $4,102.66
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $4,733.84
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,175.67
USA Managed Care COMM $5,365.02
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $5,365.02
Physicians, INC COMM $5,365.02
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $5,365.02
Affiliated PPO COMM $5,680.61

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Abdominal Ultrasound (complete) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,356.39 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $862.90 $99.77 – $1,078.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $714.97 $141.23 – $1,072.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $537.43 $99.77 – $671.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $862.90 $99.77 – $1,078.62
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $714.97 $99.77 – $1,072.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $714.97 $104.75 – $1,072.45
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $862.90 $99.77 – $1,078.62

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