Acetazolamide 500 mg solution for injection 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.

$3.06 with Superior Health Plan vs $141.42 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 $3.06
Superior Health Plan STAR $3.06
Superior Health Plan STARKids $3.06
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $3.06
Superior Health Plan CHIP $3.06
Aetna MCR $3.38
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $6.63
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $6.63
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $6.63
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $6.63
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.14
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $7.14
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $8.46
United OptionsPPO $8.57
Superior EPO $8.92
Superior HMO $8.92
Superior ValueHMO $10.10
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $12.08
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $12.08
Molina Healthcare HIX $13.77
CHC Harris Health Indigent $15.30
BCBS Traditional $17.85
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $21.93
United GlobalAppendix $22.95
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $25.59
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $25.59
Coventry National First Health COMM $27.18
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $28.04
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $28.04
Independent Medical System COMM $30.59
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $30.59
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $30.59
Coastal Comp COMM $33.14
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $38.24
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $40.79
Cigna CSN $41.70
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $41.81
United AllPayerAppendix $42.22
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $42.22
United SmallGroup $42.22
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $43.34
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $43.34
Physicians, INC COMM $43.34
USA Managed Care COMM $43.34
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $45.14
Affiliated PPO COMM $45.89
BCBS MyBlueHealth $49.33
Cigna PPO $53.76
BCBS HMO $67.96
BCBS EPOSOA $67.96
BCBS PPO $67.96
BCBS BAV $84.82
Humana HMO $141.42
Humana PPO $141.42

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $246.40 $96.90 – $96.90
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $63.50 $19.06 – $141.42
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St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $77.80 $12.82 – $58.26
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $77.80 $12.82 – $58.26
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