Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker 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

$1,453.80

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.

$1,453.80

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.

$13.81 with Texas Health Network vs $1,308.42 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 $13.81 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $14.09 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $14.09 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $14.09 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $14.09 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $14.09 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $14.09 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $14.09 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $14.09 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $14.37 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $15.22 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $15.50 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $15.50 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $15.50 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $15.50 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $16.43 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $16.69 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $16.77 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $16.77 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.77 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $16.77 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $16.77 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $16.77 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.77 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $16.77 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $16.77 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.77 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $16.77 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $16.77 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $16.77 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $16.77 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $16.77 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $16.77 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $16.77 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.77 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.77 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $16.91 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $16.94 ↓ -99%
United MCR $17.11 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $17.27 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $17.27 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $17.27 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $17.27 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $17.27 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $17.27 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $17.61 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $17.61 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $17.61 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $17.61 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $17.61 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $17.61 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $17.61 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $17.61 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $17.61 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $17.61 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $17.78 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $17.78 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $17.78 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $17.78 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $17.78 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $18.15 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $18.15 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $18.28 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $20.12 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $21.80 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $24.32 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $24.32 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $25.99 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $25.99 ↓ -98%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $31.86 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $33.20 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $33.88 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $35.22 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STAR $35.93 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $35.93 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $35.93 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $35.93 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $35.93 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $36.06 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $37.40 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $46.79 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $48.47 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $50.14 ↓ -97%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $50.32 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $53.50 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $61.46 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $68.28 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $73.96 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPPO $81.73 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBHMO $81.73 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPOS $81.73 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMHMO $86.83 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $86.83 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPOS $86.83 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $88.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONHMO $102.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPPO $102.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPOS $102.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPOS $110.29 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAHMO $110.29 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPPO $110.29 ↓ -92%
United OptionsPPO $120.98 ↓ -92%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $163.50 ↓ -89%
BCBS Traditional $209.62 ↓ -86%
Humana HMO $224.08 ↓ -85%
Humana PPO $224.08 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $241.33 ↓ -83%
United GlobalAppendix $269.51 ↓ -81%
Coventry National First Health COMM $319.22 ↓ -78%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $449.18 ↓ -69%
Imagine Health PPO $508.83 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $508.83 ↓ -65%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $509.07 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $625.13 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $654.21 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $654.21 ↓ -55%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $799.59 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $799.59 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $872.28 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $872.28 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $872.28 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $944.97 ↓ -35%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,192.12 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,235.73 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,235.73 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,235.73 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,308.42 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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