Amitriptyline (elavil) -sendout 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.

$0.05 with Aetna vs $625.96 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
Aetna QHPExchange $0.05
Aetna NBHMO $0.06
Aetna NBPOS $0.06
Aetna NBPPO $0.06
Aetna COMMPPO $0.07
Aetna COMMPOS $0.07
Aetna COMMHMO $0.07
Aetna OONPPO $0.08
Aetna OONHMO $0.08
Aetna OONPOS $0.08
Aetna ASAPOS $0.09
Aetna ASAPPO $0.09
Aetna ASAHMO $0.09
Texas Health Network MCD $4.12
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.20
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.20
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.20
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4.20
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4.20
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $4.20
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.20
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.20
United MGMCD $4.28
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $4.54
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $4.62
Molina Healthcare STAR $4.62
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $4.62
Molina Healthcare CHIP $4.62
Humana MCD $5.25
Superior Health Plan STARKids $28.46
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $28.46
Superior Health Plan STAR $28.46
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $28.46
Superior Health Plan CHIP $28.46
Aetna MCR $46.11
Humana HMO $51.18
Humana PPO $51.18
BCBS MyBlueHealth $77.31
BCBS BAV $85.37
Oscar HIX $92.48
United OptionsPPO $95.80
Cigna CSN $98.98
BCBS HMO $106.71
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $107.21
BCBS EPOSOA $109.08
BCBS PPO $110.98
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $115.45
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $120.94
Superior HMO $121.71
Superior EPO $121.71
Cigna PPO $127.56
Molina Healthcare HIX $128.06
Evry Health BroadNetwork $129.48
Superior ValueHMO $137.71
CHC Harris Health Indigent $142.28
BCBS Traditional $166.00
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $189.71
United GlobalAppendix $213.43
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $243.43
Imagine Health PPO $243.43
Coventry National First Health COMM $252.79
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $299.07
Averde Health Commercial $312.98
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $312.98
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $355.71
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $379.42
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $382.53
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $382.53
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $403.14
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $417.31
Independent Medical System COMM $417.31
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $417.31
Coastal Comp COMM $452.08
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $570.32
Physicians, INC COMM $591.18
USA Managed Care COMM $591.18
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $591.18
Affiliated PPO COMM $625.96
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Amitriptyline (elavil) -sendout at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $44.64 $4.20 – $25.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $101.17 $7.33 – $54.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $96.35 $4.20 – $45.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $44.64 $4.20 – $25.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $101.17 $4.49 – $54.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $101.17 $4.20 – $54.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $96.35 $4.20 – $54.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $44.64 $4.20 – $25.34

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