Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml 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.

$1.73 with Superior Health Plan vs $510.86 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 CHIP $1.73
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1.73
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1.73
Superior Health Plan STAR $1.73
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1.73
Aetna MCR $1.91
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $4.03
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.03
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $4.78
United OptionsPPO $4.84
Superior HMO $5.04
Superior EPO $5.04
Superior ValueHMO $5.70
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $6.83
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $6.83
Molina Healthcare HIX $7.78
CHC Harris Health Indigent $8.64
BCBS Traditional $10.08
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $12.39
United GlobalAppendix $12.96
Coventry National First Health COMM $15.36
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $15.85
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $15.85
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $17.29
Independent Medical System COMM $17.29
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $17.29
Coastal Comp COMM $18.73
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $21.61
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $23.05
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $23.62
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $24.49
USA Managed Care COMM $24.49
Physicians, INC COMM $24.49
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $24.49
Affiliated PPO COMM $25.93
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $52.45
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $52.45
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $52.45
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $52.45
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $53.08
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $53.08
United MGMCD $53.50
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $56.65
United AllPayerAppendix $87.58
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $87.58
United SmallGroup $87.58
Cigna CSN $111.08
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $120.26
BCBS MyBlueHealth $121.93
Cigna PPO $143.21
BCBS PPO $167.97
BCBS EPOSOA $167.97
BCBS HMO $167.97
BCBS BAV $209.65
Aetna QHPExchange $255.85
Aetna NBHMO $340.24
Aetna NBPPO $340.24
Aetna NBPOS $340.24
Aetna COMMPPO $361.47
Aetna COMMHMO $361.47
Aetna COMMPOS $361.47
Aetna OONHMO $424.64
Aetna OONPPO $424.64
Aetna OONPOS $424.64
Aetna ASAPPO $459.14
Aetna ASAPOS $459.14
Aetna ASAHMO $459.14
Humana HMO $510.86
Humana PPO $510.86

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Albumin (human), 25%, 50ml at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,217.81 $239.51 – $4,826.69
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $275.26 $67.81 – $288.23
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $142.90 $42.54 – $193.35
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $18.20 $13.25 – $93.59
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $763.44 $5.46 – $47.77
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $142.90 $42.54 – $193.35
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $142.90 $42.54 – $193.35
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $18.20 $17.68 – $88.39

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