Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection 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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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.

$6.91 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $229.72 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $6.91
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $6.91
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $7.16
Superior Health Plan CHIP $7.16
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $7.16
Superior Health Plan STAR $7.16
Superior Health Plan STARKids $7.16
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10.84
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $11.40
United AllPayerAppendix $11.40
United SmallGroup $11.40
BCBS PPO $14.93
BCBS HMO $14.93
BCBS EPOSOA $14.93
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $15.52
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $15.52
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $15.52
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $15.52
Cigna CSN $16.67
Aetna MCR $16.92
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $18.05
BCBS BAV $18.64
Cigna PPO $21.50
United OptionsPPO $24.11
Molina Healthcare HIX $32.23
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $35.73
Amerigroup MGMCD $35.73
CHC Harris Health Indigent $35.81
BCBS Traditional $41.78
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $42.37
Superior HMO $44.67
Superior EPO $44.67
Superior ValueHMO $50.54
United GlobalAppendix $53.71
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $60.49
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $60.49
Coventry National First Health COMM $63.62
Humana HMO $67.50
Humana PPO $67.50
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $89.52
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $95.49
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $101.46
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $109.75
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $140.38
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $140.38
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $153.14
Independent Medical System COMM $153.14
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $153.14
Coastal Comp COMM $165.91
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $209.30
USA Managed Care COMM $216.95
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $216.95
Physicians, INC COMM $216.95
Affiliated PPO COMM $229.72

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Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $122.37 $21.29 – $21.29
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $28.35 $6.85 – $67.50
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Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $75.12 $4.98 – $189.48
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $5.69 $1.15 – $8.10
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $27.24 $8.36 – $138.82
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