Antibody elution rbc reference 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

$708.38

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.

$708.38

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.

$42.50 with Superior Health Plan vs $637.54 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
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $42.50 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $42.50 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $42.50 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $42.50 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $42.50 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $92.09 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $92.09 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $92.09 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $92.09 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $99.17 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $99.17 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $117.59 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $119.01 ↓ -83%
Aetna QHPExchange $120.02 ↓ -83%
Cigna CSN $126.87 ↓ -82%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $137.42 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $138.13 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $149.16 ↓ -79%
United SmallGroup $149.16 ↓ -79%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $149.16 ↓ -79%
Aetna NBPPO $159.61 ↓ -77%
Aetna NBPOS $159.61 ↓ -77%
Aetna NBHMO $159.61 ↓ -77%
Cigna PPO $163.49 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $167.89 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $167.89 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMMHMO $169.57 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMMPPO $169.57 ↓ -76%
Aetna COMMPOS $169.57 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $180.64 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $193.39 ↓ -73%
Aetna OONPOS $199.20 ↓ -72%
Aetna OONHMO $199.20 ↓ -72%
Aetna OONPPO $199.20 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASAPOS $215.38 ↓ -70%
Aetna ASAPPO $215.38 ↓ -70%
Aetna ASAHMO $215.38 ↓ -70%
Imagine Health PPO $247.93 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $247.93 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $247.93 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $283.35 ↓ -60%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $289.87 ↓ -59%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $304.60 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $318.77 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $318.77 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $318.77 ↓ -55%
BCBS BAV $320.00 ↓ -55%
Humana HMO $339.75 ↓ -52%
Humana PPO $339.75 ↓ -52%
Coventry National First Health COMM $377.57 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $389.61 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $389.61 ↓ -45%
BCBS HMO $400.37 ↓ -43%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $425.03 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $425.03 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $425.03 ↓ -40%
BCBS EPOSOA $429.07 ↓ -39%
BCBS PPO $457.76 ↓ -35%
Coastal Comp COMM $460.45 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $531.28 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $580.87 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $602.12 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $602.12 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $602.12 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $602.12 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $637.54 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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