Apply surf ldr radionuclide 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

$1,455.35

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.

$1,455.35

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.

$87.32 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,237.05 with Multiplan — 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 STAR $87.32 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $87.32 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $87.32 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $87.32 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $87.32 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $117.39 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $129.58 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $189.20 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $189.20 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $189.20 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $189.20 ↓ -87%
BCBS EPOSOA $192.45 ↓ -87%
BCBS HMO $192.45 ↓ -87%
BCBS PPO $192.45 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $293.98 ↓ -80%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $371.11 ↓ -75%
Aetna QHPExchange $382.60 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $397.31 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $508.52 ↓ -65%
Aetna NBHMO $508.52 ↓ -65%
Aetna NBPOS $508.52 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $509.37 ↓ -65%
Aetna COMMHMO $540.94 ↓ -63%
Aetna COMMPOS $540.94 ↓ -63%
Aetna COMMPPO $540.94 ↓ -63%
Curative Administrators COMM $582.14 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $582.14 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $636.05 ↓ -56%
Aetna OONPOS $636.05 ↓ -56%
Aetna OONHMO $636.05 ↓ -56%
United GlobalAppendix $654.91 ↓ -55%
Aetna ASAPPO $687.39 ↓ -53%
Aetna ASAPOS $687.39 ↓ -53%
Aetna ASAHMO $687.39 ↓ -53%
Coventry National First Health COMM $775.70 ↓ -47%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,091.51 ↓ -25%
Humana HMO $1,098.85 ↓ -24%
Humana PPO $1,098.85 ↓ -24%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,237.05 ↓ -15%

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