Assay blood catecholamines 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

$389.61

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.

$389.61

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.

$23.38 with Superior Health Plan vs $350.65 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 CHIP $23.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $23.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $23.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $23.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $23.38 ↓ -94%
Texas Health Network MCD $23.94 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $24.43 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $24.43 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $24.43 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $24.43 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $24.43 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $24.43 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $24.43 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $24.43 ↓ -94%
United MGMCD $24.92 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $26.38 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $26.87 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $26.87 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $26.87 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare STAR $26.87 ↓ -93%
Oscar MGMCR $28.50 ↓ -93%
WellMed MGMCR $28.93 ↓ -93%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $29.08 ↓ -93%
Amerigroup DualEligible $29.08 ↓ -93%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $29.08 ↓ -93%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $29.08 ↓ -93%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $29.08 ↓ -93%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $29.08 ↓ -93%
BCBS MCRPPO $29.08 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $29.08 ↓ -93%
United SmallGroup $29.08 ↓ -93%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $29.08 ↓ -93%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $29.08 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $29.08 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $29.08 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $29.08 ↓ -93%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $29.08 ↓ -93%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $29.08 ↓ -93%
Devoted Health MGMCR $29.08 ↓ -93%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $29.08 ↓ -93%
United AllPayerAppendix $29.08 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCR $29.33 ↓ -92%
Van Lang IPA MCR $29.37 ↓ -92%
United MCR $29.66 ↓ -92%
WellCare PPO $29.95 ↓ -92%
WellCare SNP $29.95 ↓ -92%
WellCare POS $29.95 ↓ -92%
WellCare MCRHMO $29.95 ↓ -92%
WellCare PFFS $29.95 ↓ -92%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $29.95 ↓ -92%
Shared Health MGMCR $30.53 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $30.53 ↓ -92%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $30.53 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $30.53 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $30.53 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $30.53 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $30.53 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $30.53 ↓ -92%
American Health Plan MGMCR $30.53 ↓ -92%
Humana MCD $30.54 ↓ -92%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $30.82 ↓ -92%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $30.82 ↓ -92%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $30.82 ↓ -92%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $30.82 ↓ -92%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $30.82 ↓ -92%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $31.47 ↓ -92%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $31.47 ↓ -92%
Molina MGMCR $31.70 ↓ -92%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $34.90 ↓ -91%
Verda Health Plan MCR $37.80 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice HIX $42.17 ↓ -89%
Superior ValueHMO $42.17 ↓ -89%
Superior HMO $45.07 ↓ -88%
Superior EPO $45.07 ↓ -88%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $55.25 ↓ -86%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $57.58 ↓ -85%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $58.74 ↓ -85%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $61.07 ↓ -84%
Molina Healthcare HIX $62.52 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $64.68 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $64.85 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $65.45 ↓ -83%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $75.16 ↓ -81%
BCBS HMO $81.13 ↓ -79%
Oscar HIX $84.04 ↓ -78%
BCBS EPOSOA $86.95 ↓ -78%
BCBS PPO $92.77 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $106.36 ↓ -73%
Aetna QHPExchange $106.52 ↓ -73%
Cigna CSN $119.90 ↓ -69%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $129.87 ↓ -67%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $136.36 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $136.36 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $136.36 ↓ -65%
Aetna NBHMO $141.66 ↓ -64%
Aetna NBPPO $141.66 ↓ -64%
Aetna NBPOS $141.66 ↓ -64%
Aetna COMMPOS $150.50 ↓ -61%
Aetna COMMHMO $150.50 ↓ -61%
Aetna COMMPPO $150.50 ↓ -61%
Cigna PPO $154.51 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $167.53 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $175.32 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $175.32 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $175.32 ↓ -55%
Aetna OONPPO $176.80 ↓ -55%
Aetna OONHMO $176.80 ↓ -55%
Aetna OONPOS $176.80 ↓ -55%
Aetna ASAPPO $191.17 ↓ -51%
Aetna ASAPOS $191.17 ↓ -51%
Aetna ASAHMO $191.17 ↓ -51%
Coventry National First Health COMM $207.66 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $214.29 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $214.29 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $233.77 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $233.77 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $233.77 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $253.25 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $292.21 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $319.48 ↓ -18%
USA Managed Care COMM $331.17 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $331.17 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $331.17 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $331.17 ↓ -15%
Humana PPO $334.66 ↓ -14%
Humana HMO $334.66 ↓ -14%
Affiliated PPO COMM $350.65 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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