Below knee flex cover system 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.

$761.14 with Oscar vs $5,974.13 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
Oscar MGMCR $761.14
WellMed MGMCR $772.79
Devoted Health MGMCR $776.67
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $776.67
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $776.67
Amerigroup DualEligible $776.67
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $776.67
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $776.67
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $776.67
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $776.67
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $776.67
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $776.67
BCBS MCRPPO $776.67
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $776.67
CHC Harris Health Indigent $776.67
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $776.67
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $776.67
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $776.67
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $776.67
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $776.67
Aetna MCR $783.27
Van Lang IPA MCR $784.44
United MCR $792.20
WellCare POS $799.97
WellCare MCRHMO $799.97
WellCare PPO $799.97
WellCare PFFS $799.97
WellCare SNP $799.97
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $799.97
American Health Plan MGMCR $815.50
Superior Health Plan PFFS $815.50
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $815.50
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $815.50
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $815.50
Shared Health MGMCR $815.50
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $815.50
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $815.50
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $815.50
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $823.27
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $823.27
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $823.27
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $823.27
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $823.27
Molina MGMCR $846.57
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $932.00
Verda Health Plan MCR $1,009.67
Community Health Choice HIX $1,126.17
Superior ValueHMO $1,126.17
Superior HMO $1,203.84
Superior EPO $1,203.84
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $1,475.67
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $1,537.81
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $1,631.01
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,669.84
Humana HMO $5,974.13
Humana PPO $5,974.13

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Below knee flex cover system at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $761.14 – $1,669.84
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $761.14 – $1,669.84
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $761.14 – $1,669.84
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $761.14 – $1,669.84
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $761.14 – $1,669.84
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $761.14 – $1,669.84
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $761.14 – $1,669.84
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $776.67 – $819.39

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