Assay of somatostatin at HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD
5324 ATASCOCITA RD, HUMBLE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1811942238
$1,234.85
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.
$1,234.85
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.
$15.05 with Texas Health Network vs $1,049.62 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas Health Network | MCD | $15.05 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $15.36 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $15.36 | ↓ -99% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $15.36 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $15.36 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $15.36 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $15.36 | ↓ -99% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $15.36 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $15.36 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MGMCD | $15.67 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna Better Health | MGMCD | $16.59 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STAR | $16.90 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | CHIP | $16.90 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARPLUS | $16.90 | ↓ -99% |
| Molina Healthcare | STARKIDS | $16.90 | ↓ -99% |
| Oscar | MGMCR | $17.91 | ↓ -99% |
| WellMed | MGMCR | $18.19 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | PFFS | $18.28 | ↓ -99% |
| TriWest Healthcare Alliance | Veterans | $18.28 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $18.28 | ↓ -99% |
| Humana | MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS | $18.28 | ↓ -99% |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | MCR | $18.28 | ↓ -99% |
| Renaissance IPA Radiology | COMM | $18.28 | ↓ -99% |
| Kelsey Seybold | MGMCR | $18.28 | ↓ -99% |
| CHC Harris Health | Indigent | $18.28 | ↓ -99% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $18.28 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | MedicareAdvantageHMO | $18.28 | ↓ -99% |
| BCBS | MCRPPO | $18.28 | ↓ -99% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $18.28 | ↓ -99% |
| United | SmallGroup | $18.28 | ↓ -99% |
| Devoted Health | MGMCR | $18.28 | ↓ -99% |
| Amerigroup | DualEligible | $18.28 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRHMO | $18.28 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRPPO | $18.28 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MCRSNP | $18.28 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna HealthSpring | MMP | $18.28 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | MCR | $18.44 | ↓ -99% |
| Van Lang IPA | MCR | $18.46 | ↓ -99% |
| United | MCR | $18.65 | ↓ -98% |
| WellCare | PPO | $18.83 | ↓ -98% |
| WellCare | POS | $18.83 | ↓ -98% |
| WellCare | PFFS | $18.83 | ↓ -98% |
| WellCare | MCRHMO | $18.83 | ↓ -98% |
| WellCare | SNP | $18.83 | ↓ -98% |
| Integranet Amerigroup IPA | MCR | $18.83 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRHMO | $19.19 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPOS | $19.19 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRPPO | $19.19 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | MCRSNP | $19.19 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | PFFS | $19.19 | ↓ -98% |
| ProCare Advantage | MGMCR | $19.19 | ↓ -98% |
| American Health Plan | MGMCR | $19.19 | ↓ -98% |
| Shared Health | MGMCR | $19.19 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior Health Plan | DualEligible | $19.19 | ↓ -98% |
| Humana | MCD | $19.20 | ↓ -98% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | POS | $19.38 | ↓ -98% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PPO | $19.38 | ↓ -98% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | SNP | $19.38 | ↓ -98% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | PFFS | $19.38 | ↓ -98% |
| Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas | MCRHMO | $19.38 | ↓ -98% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRCR | $19.78 | ↓ -98% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $19.78 | ↓ -98% |
| Molina | MGMCR | $19.93 | ↓ -98% |
| Universal Healthcare Group | MCR | $21.94 | ↓ -98% |
| Verda Health Plan | MCR | $23.76 | ↓ -98% |
| Community Health Choice | HIX | $26.51 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior | ValueHMO | $26.51 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior | HMO | $28.33 | ↓ -98% |
| Superior | EPO | $28.33 | ↓ -98% |
| USA Managed Care | WORKERSCOMP | $34.73 | ↓ -97% |
| Corvel Corporation | WORKERSCOMP | $36.19 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $36.93 | ↓ -97% |
| OMNI Healthcare | WORKERSCOMP | $38.39 | ↓ -97% |
| Molina Healthcare | HIX | $39.30 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | BAV | $40.76 | ↓ -97% |
| BCBS | HMO | $51.00 | ↓ -96% |
| Oscar | HIX | $52.83 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $54.66 | ↓ -96% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $54.82 | ↓ -96% |
| BCBS | PPO | $58.31 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $66.95 | ↓ -95% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $74.09 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $74.09 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $74.09 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $74.09 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $74.09 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | CSN | $75.26 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $81.51 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $89.03 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $89.03 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $89.03 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $94.59 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $94.59 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $94.59 | ↓ -92% |
| Cigna | PPO | $96.98 | ↓ -92% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $111.12 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $111.12 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $111.12 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $120.15 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $120.15 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $120.15 | ↓ -90% |
| Humana | HMO | $244.10 | ↓ -80% |
| Humana | PPO | $244.10 | ↓ -80% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $249.44 | ↓ -80% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $337.11 | ↓ -73% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $432.20 | ↓ -65% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $555.68 | ↓ -55% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $658.18 | ↓ -47% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $926.14 | ↓ -25% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $1,049.62 | ↓ -15% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | not published by hospital | — |
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Assay of somatostatin at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $200.04 | $10.00 – $250.05 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $233.65 | $12.00 – $350.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $200.04 | $12.00 – $250.05 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $200.04 | $10.00 – $250.05 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $233.65 | $12.00 – $350.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $233.65 | $8.00 – $350.48 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $200.04 | $12.00 – $300.06 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $200.04 | $10.00 – $250.05 |