Assay of blood lipoprotein 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.

$10.50 with Texas Health Network vs $155.38 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 $10.50
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $10.71
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $10.71
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $10.71
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $10.71
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $10.71
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $10.71
Amerigroup MGMCD $10.71
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $10.71
United MGMCD $10.92
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $11.57
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $11.78
Molina Healthcare CHIP $11.78
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $11.78
Molina Healthcare STAR $11.78
Oscar MGMCR $12.49
WellMed MGMCR $12.69
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $12.75
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $12.75
Amerigroup DualEligible $12.75
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $12.75
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $12.75
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.75
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $12.75
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $12.75
United SmallGroup $12.75
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $12.75
CHC Harris Health Indigent $12.75
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $12.75
BCBS MCRPPO $12.75
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $12.75
Devoted Health MGMCR $12.75
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $12.75
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $12.75
United AllPayerAppendix $12.75
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $12.75
Aetna MCR $12.86
Van Lang IPA MCR $12.88
United MCR $13.01
WellCare PFFS $13.13
WellCare MCRHMO $13.13
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $13.13
WellCare POS $13.13
WellCare SNP $13.13
WellCare PPO $13.13
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $13.39
Humana MCD $13.39
American Health Plan MGMCR $13.39
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $13.39
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $13.39
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $13.39
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $13.39
Superior Health Plan PFFS $13.39
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $13.39
Shared Health MGMCR $13.39
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $13.52
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $13.52
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $13.52
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $13.52
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $13.52
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $13.80
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $13.80
Molina MGMCR $13.90
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $15.30
Verda Health Plan MCR $16.57
Community Health Choice HIX $18.49
Superior ValueHMO $18.49
Superior HMO $19.76
Superior EPO $19.76
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $24.22
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $25.25
BCBS MyBlueHealth $25.75
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $26.78
Molina Healthcare HIX $27.41
BCBS BAV $28.43
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $34.89
BCBS HMO $35.57
Oscar HIX $36.85
BCBS EPOSOA $38.12
BCBS PPO $40.67
Aetna QHPExchange $46.71
Cigna CSN $52.96
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $57.36
Aetna NBPPO $62.11
Aetna NBHMO $62.11
Aetna NBPOS $62.11
Aetna COMMPOS $65.99
Aetna COMMHMO $65.99
Aetna COMMPPO $65.99
Cigna PPO $68.24
Aetna OONHMO $77.52
Aetna OONPOS $77.52
Aetna OONPPO $77.52
Aetna ASAPPO $83.82
Aetna ASAPOS $83.82
Aetna ASAHMO $83.82
Humana PPO $155.38
Humana HMO $155.38
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