Autopsy (necropsy) gross 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

$953.11

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.

$953.11

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.

$17.54 with Cigna vs $2,261.60 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
Cigna CSN $17.54 ↓ -98%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $18.99 ↓ -98%
Cigna PPO $22.60 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $57.19 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $57.19 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $57.19 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $57.19 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $57.19 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $63.19 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $123.90 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $123.90 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $123.90 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $123.90 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $133.44 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $133.44 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $158.22 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $160.12 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $166.79 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $166.79 ↓ -83%
Oscar HIX $185.86 ↓ -80%
Superior ValueHMO $188.72 ↓ -80%
United SmallGroup $210.41 ↓ -78%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $210.41 ↓ -78%
United AllPayerAppendix $210.41 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $225.89 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $225.89 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $243.04 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $257.34 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $260.20 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $285.93 ↓ -70%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $333.59 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $333.59 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $333.59 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $381.24 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $409.84 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $428.90 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $428.90 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $428.90 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $508.01 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $524.21 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $524.21 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $571.87 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $571.87 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $571.87 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $619.52 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $714.83 ↓ -25%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $762.49 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $781.55 ↓ -18%
Aetna QHPExchange $798.34 ↓ -16%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $810.14 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $810.14 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $810.14 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $810.14 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $857.80 ↓ -10%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $872.86 ↓ -8%
BCBS BAV $963.61 ↑ +1%
Aetna NBPPO $1,061.69 ↑ +11%
Aetna NBHMO $1,061.69 ↑ +11%
Aetna NBPOS $1,061.69 ↑ +11%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,127.94 ↑ +18%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,127.94 ↑ +18%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,127.94 ↑ +18%
BCBS HMO $1,205.59 ↑ +26%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,292.01 ↑ +36%
Aetna OONPPO $1,325.04 ↑ +39%
Aetna OONPOS $1,325.04 ↑ +39%
Aetna OONHMO $1,325.04 ↑ +39%
BCBS PPO $1,378.43 ↑ +45%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,432.70 ↑ +50%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,432.70 ↑ +50%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,432.70 ↑ +50%
Humana HMO $2,261.60 ↑ +137%
Humana PPO $2,261.60 ↑ +137%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Autopsy (necropsy) gross at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $920.52 $17.54 – $2,261.60
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $1,663.62 – $1,663.62
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $17.54 – $2,261.60
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $459.51 – $1,884.00
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $17.54 – $2,261.60
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $17.54 – $2,261.60
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $17.54 – $2,261.60
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $17.54 – $2,261.60

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