Beta-2 microglobulin 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

$946.67

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.

$946.67

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.

$13.32 with Texas Health Network vs $852.00 with Affiliated PPO — 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 $13.32 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $13.59 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $13.59 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $13.59 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $13.59 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $13.59 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $13.59 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $13.59 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $13.59 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $13.86 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $14.68 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $14.95 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $14.95 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $14.95 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $14.95 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $15.86 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $16.10 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $16.18 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $16.18 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.18 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $16.18 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $16.18 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $16.18 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $16.18 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $16.18 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $16.18 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $16.18 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $16.18 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $16.18 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $16.18 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $16.18 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $16.18 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $16.18 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $16.18 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $16.18 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $16.18 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $16.32 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $16.34 ↓ -98%
United MCR $16.50 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $16.67 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $16.67 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $16.67 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $16.67 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $16.67 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $16.67 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $16.99 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $16.99 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $16.99 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $16.99 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $16.99 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $16.99 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $16.99 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $16.99 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $16.99 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $16.99 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $17.15 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $17.15 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $17.15 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $17.15 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $17.15 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $17.51 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $17.51 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $17.64 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $19.42 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $21.03 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $23.46 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $23.46 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $25.08 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $25.08 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STAR $29.75 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $29.75 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $29.75 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $29.75 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $29.75 ↓ -97%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $30.74 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $32.04 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $32.68 ↓ -97%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $33.98 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $34.79 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $36.08 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $45.14 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $46.76 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $48.38 ↓ -95%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $48.53 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $51.61 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPExchange $59.29 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $66.90 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $72.46 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPPO $78.84 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPOS $78.84 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBHMO $78.84 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMHMO $83.76 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPPO $83.76 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPOS $83.76 ↓ -91%
Cigna PPO $86.21 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPPO $98.40 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONHMO $98.40 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPOS $98.40 ↓ -90%
United OptionsPPO $100.16 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPPO $106.40 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPOS $106.40 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAHMO $106.40 ↓ -89%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $135.37 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $157.15 ↓ -83%
BCBS Traditional $173.55 ↓ -82%
Humana PPO $216.08 ↓ -77%
Humana HMO $216.08 ↓ -77%
United GlobalAppendix $223.14 ↓ -76%
Coventry National First Health COMM $264.29 ↓ -72%
Imagine Health PPO $331.33 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $331.33 ↓ -65%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $371.89 ↓ -61%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $407.07 ↓ -57%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $421.48 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $426.00 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $426.00 ↓ -55%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $520.67 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $520.67 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $568.00 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $568.00 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $568.00 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $615.34 ↓ -35%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $776.27 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $804.67 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $804.67 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $804.67 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $852.00 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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