Albuterol non-comp unit 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.

$0.07 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $39.52 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.07
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.07
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.12
United SmallGroup $0.12
United AllPayerAppendix $0.12
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.16
Cigna CSN $0.19
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $0.21
BCBS EPOSOA $0.22
BCBS PPO $0.22
BCBS HMO $0.22
Cigna PPO $0.25
BCBS BAV $0.27
Humana PPO $0.39
Humana HMO $0.39
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2.63
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.63
Superior Health Plan STAR $2.63
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.63
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.63
Aetna MCR $2.91
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $5.71
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $5.71
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $5.71
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $5.71
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $6.15
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.15
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $7.29
United OptionsPPO $7.38
Superior EPO $7.68
Superior HMO $7.68
Superior ValueHMO $8.69
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $10.41
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $10.41
Molina Healthcare HIX $11.86
CHC Harris Health Indigent $13.17
BCBS Traditional $15.37
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $18.88
United GlobalAppendix $19.76
Coventry National First Health COMM $23.40
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $24.15
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $24.15
Independent Medical System COMM $26.35
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $26.35
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $26.35
Coastal Comp COMM $28.54
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $32.93
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $35.13
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $36.01
Physicians, INC COMM $37.32
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $37.32
USA Managed Care COMM $37.32
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $37.32
Affiliated PPO COMM $39.52

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Albuterol non-comp unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $7.18 $0.31 – $0.31
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $2.28 $0.07 – $11.70
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $13.23 $0.08 – $0.39
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $2.28 $0.07 – $11.05
St. Luke's Health - Brazosport Hospital Lake Jackson $3.31 $0.08 – $4.73
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $2.28 $0.07 – $14.43
St. Joseph Health Burleson Hospital Caldwell $2.28 $0.07 – $11.70
Ascension Providence Waco $1.62 $0.05 – $0.28

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