Application of paste boot 29580 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.

$32.46 with Texas Health Network vs $4,690.00 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
Texas Health Network MCD $32.46
Amerigroup MGMCD $34.78
Molina Healthcare CHIP $36.43
Molina Healthcare STAR $36.43
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $36.43
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $36.43
United MGMCD $37.73
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $39.38
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $39.38
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $39.38
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $39.38
Humana MCD $41.40
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $44.39
Superior Health Plan CHIP $83.28
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $83.28
Superior Health Plan STAR $83.28
Superior Health Plan STARKids $83.28
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $83.28
WellMed MGMCR $164.06
BCBS MyBlueHealth $226.24
BCBS BAV $249.84
United OptionsPPO $280.38
BCBS HMO $312.30
BCBS EPOSOA $319.24
BCBS PPO $349.58
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $353.94
Evry Health BroadNetwork $378.92
Aetna NBPPO $445.55
Aetna NBPOS $445.55
Aetna NBHMO $445.55
Aetna COMMPOS $474.70
Aetna COMMPPO $474.70
Aetna COMMHMO $474.70
BCBS Traditional $485.80
Curative Administrators COMM $555.20
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $555.20
Aetna OONPOS $556.59
Aetna OONPPO $556.59
Aetna OONHMO $556.59
Aetna ASAPOS $601.00
Aetna ASAPPO $601.00
Aetna ASAHMO $601.00
United GlobalAppendix $624.60
Coventry National First Health COMM $739.80
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,041.00
United SmallGroup $1,120.00
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,179.80
United AllPayerAppendix $1,600.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,702.00
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,115.00
Oscar HIX $2,358.00
Cigna CSN $2,518.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,728.00
Cigna PPO $3,244.00
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $4,255.00
Humana HMO $4,690.00
Humana PPO $4,690.00

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