Absorpt drg <=16 sq in without b 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.

$2.78 with Oscar vs $21.82 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
Oscar MGMCR $2.78
WellMed MGMCR $2.83
Devoted Health MGMCR $2.84
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $2.84
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $2.84
Amerigroup DualEligible $2.84
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $2.84
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $2.84
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $2.84
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $2.84
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $2.84
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $2.84
BCBS MCRPPO $2.84
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $2.84
CHC Harris Health Indigent $2.84
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2.84
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $2.84
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $2.84
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $2.84
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $2.84
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2.86
Aetna MCR $2.86
Van Lang IPA MCR $2.87
United MCR $2.90
WellCare POS $2.93
WellCare PPO $2.93
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $2.93
WellCare PFFS $2.93
WellCare MCRHMO $2.93
WellCare SNP $2.93
Superior Health Plan PFFS $2.98
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $2.98
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $2.98
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $2.98
American Health Plan MGMCR $2.98
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $2.98
Shared Health MGMCR $2.98
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $2.98
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $2.98
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $3.01
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $3.01
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $3.01
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $3.01
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $3.01
Molina MGMCR $3.10
BCBS BAV $3.16
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $3.41
Verda Health Plan MCR $3.69
BCBS HMO $3.95
Superior ValueHMO $4.12
Community Health Choice HIX $4.12
BCBS EPOSOA $4.18
Superior EPO $4.40
Superior HMO $4.40
BCBS PPO $4.41
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $5.40
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $5.62
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $5.96
Molina Healthcare HIX $6.11
Humana PPO $21.82
Humana HMO $21.82

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Absorpt drg <=16 sq in without b at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $2.78 – $6.11
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $2.78 – $6.11
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $2.66 – $2.66
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $2.78 – $6.11
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $2.78 – $6.11
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $2.78 – $6.11
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $2.78 – $6.11
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $2.78 – $6.11

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