Asp & inj w/heparin pleurx cath at HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD
5324 ATASCOCITA RD, HUMBLE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1811942238
$2,386.50
Cash price 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.
$2,386.50
Gross charge 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.
$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $19,289.00 with Cigna — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $310.25 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $310.25 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $310.25 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $310.25 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $334.11 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $334.11 | ↓ -86% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $396.16 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $400.93 | ↓ -83% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $565.60 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $565.60 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -75% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $633.31 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $835.27 | ↓ -65% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $948.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $948.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $948.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $948.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $948.00 | ↓ -60% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $954.60 | ↓ -60% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $1,026.19 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,073.92 | ↓ -55% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $1,122.31 | ↓ -53% |
| BCBS | BAV | $1,235.80 | ↓ -48% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,272.00 | ↓ -47% |
| BCBS | HMO | $1,305.16 | ↓ -45% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,312.58 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,312.58 | ↓ -45% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $1,418.65 | ↓ -41% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,431.90 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,431.90 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,431.90 | ↓ -40% |
| BCBS | PPO | $1,525.83 | ↓ -36% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,534.00 | ↓ -36% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,551.22 | ↓ -35% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,732.00 | ↓ -27% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $1,789.88 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $1,956.93 | ↓ -18% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $2,012.00 | ↓ -16% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $2,028.53 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $2,028.53 | ↓ -15% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $2,028.53 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $2,028.53 | ↓ -15% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $2,115.00 | ↓ -11% |
| Oscar | HIX | $2,128.00 | ↓ -11% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $2,147.85 | ↓ -10% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $2,191.00 | ↓ -8% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $2,251.00 | ↓ -6% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $2,315.00 | ↓ -3% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $4,255.00 | ↑ +78% |
| Humana | HMO | $4,690.00 | ↑ +97% |
| Humana | PPO | $4,690.00 | ↑ +97% |
| Cigna | CSN | $14,974.00 | ↑ +527% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $16,223.00 | ↑ +580% |
| Cigna | PPO | $19,289.00 | ↑ +708% |
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Asp & inj w/heparin pleurx cath at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $6,577.60 | $598.65 – $2,124.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $6,577.60 | $71.00 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $6,350.41 | $71.00 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $6,577.60 | $598.65 – $2,124.19 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $6,577.60 | $85.00 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $6,577.60 | $651.24 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $6,350.41 | $71.00 – $1,556.23 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $6,577.60 | $598.65 – $2,124.19 |