Analgesics non-opioid 3-5 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 $51.18 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
Aetna QHPExchange $0.05
Aetna NBHMO $0.06
Aetna NBPPO $0.06
Aetna NBPOS $0.06
Aetna COMMHMO $0.07
Aetna COMMPOS $0.07
Aetna COMMPPO $0.07
Aetna OONHMO $0.08
Aetna OONPPO $0.08
Aetna OONPOS $0.08
Aetna ASAHMO $0.09
Aetna ASAPOS $0.09
Aetna ASAPPO $0.09
Texas Health Network MCD $4.19
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $4.28
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.28
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.28
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.28
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4.28
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4.28
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.28
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.28
United MGMCD $4.37
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $4.62
Molina Healthcare CHIP $4.71
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $4.71
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $4.71
Molina Healthcare STAR $4.71
Humana MCD $5.35
Humana PPO $51.18
Humana HMO $51.18
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Analgesics non-opioid 3-5 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $0.05 – $5.35
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $0.05 – $5.35
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $0.05 – $5.35
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $0.05 – $5.35
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $0.05 – $5.35
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $0.05 – $5.35
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $0.05 – $5.35
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $5.62 – $5.62

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