Assay of intrinsic factor 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.

$16.32 with Texas Health Network vs $214.45 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 $16.32
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $16.65
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $16.65
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $16.65
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $16.65
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $16.65
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $16.65
Amerigroup MGMCD $16.65
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $16.65
United MGMCD $16.98
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $17.98
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $18.32
Molina Healthcare CHIP $18.32
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $18.32
Molina Healthcare STAR $18.32
Oscar MGMCR $19.42
WellMed MGMCR $19.72
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $19.82
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $19.82
Amerigroup DualEligible $19.82
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $19.82
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $19.82
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $19.82
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $19.82
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $19.82
United SmallGroup $19.82
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $19.82
CHC Harris Health Indigent $19.82
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $19.82
BCBS MCRPPO $19.82
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $19.82
Devoted Health MGMCR $19.82
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $19.82
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $19.82
United AllPayerAppendix $19.82
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $19.82
Aetna MCR $19.99
Van Lang IPA MCR $20.02
United MCR $20.22
WellCare PFFS $20.41
WellCare MCRHMO $20.41
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $20.41
WellCare POS $20.41
WellCare SNP $20.41
WellCare PPO $20.41
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $20.81
Humana MCD $20.81
American Health Plan MGMCR $20.81
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $20.81
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $20.81
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $20.81
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $20.81
Superior Health Plan PFFS $20.81
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $20.81
Shared Health MGMCR $20.81
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $21.01
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $21.01
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $21.01
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $21.01
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $21.01
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $21.45
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $21.45
Molina MGMCR $21.60
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $23.78
Verda Health Plan MCR $25.77
Community Health Choice HIX $28.74
Superior ValueHMO $28.74
Superior HMO $30.72
Superior EPO $30.72
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $37.66
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $39.24
BCBS MyBlueHealth $40.04
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $41.62
Molina Healthcare HIX $42.61
BCBS BAV $44.20
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $48.16
BCBS HMO $55.30
Oscar HIX $57.28
BCBS EPOSOA $59.26
BCBS PPO $63.23
Aetna QHPExchange $72.59
Cigna CSN $80.84
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $87.56
Aetna NBPPO $96.53
Aetna NBHMO $96.53
Aetna NBPOS $96.53
Aetna COMMPOS $102.56
Aetna COMMHMO $102.56
Aetna COMMPPO $102.56
Cigna PPO $104.18
Aetna OONHMO $120.48
Aetna OONPOS $120.48
Aetna OONPPO $120.48
Aetna ASAPPO $130.27
Aetna ASAPOS $130.27
Aetna ASAHMO $130.27
Humana PPO $214.45
Humana HMO $214.45
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