Biliary endo perq dx w/speci 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

$4,262.78

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.

$4,262.78

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.

$861.08 with United vs $7,524.60 with BCBS — 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
United OptionsPPO $861.08 ↓ -80%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -78%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -78%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -78%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -78%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -78%
Texas Health Network MCD $1,128.51 ↓ -74%
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,209.12 ↓ -72%
United MGMCD $1,235.65 ↓ -71%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $1,266.69 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $1,266.69 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare STAR $1,266.69 ↓ -70%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $1,266.69 ↓ -70%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $1,289.72 ↓ -70%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $1,289.72 ↓ -70%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $1,289.72 ↓ -70%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $1,289.72 ↓ -70%
Humana MCD $1,439.42 ↓ -66%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $1,453.70 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $1,491.97 ↓ -65%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,579.00 ↓ -63%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,705.11 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $1,918.25 ↓ -55%
Aetna NBPOS $2,098.00 ↓ -51%
Aetna NBHMO $2,098.00 ↓ -51%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,115.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,229.00 ↓ -48%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,229.00 ↓ -48%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,272.06 ↓ -47%
Aetna NBPPO $2,299.00 ↓ -46%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,444.00 ↓ -43%
Aetna OONHMO $2,623.00 ↓ -38%
Aetna OONPOS $2,623.00 ↓ -38%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,832.00 ↓ -34%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,832.00 ↓ -34%
Aetna OONPPO $2,876.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna CSN $3,099.00 ↓ -27%
Aetna ASAPPO $3,106.00 ↓ -27%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $3,197.09 ↓ -25%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3,358.00 ↓ -21%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $3,623.36 ↓ -15%
Cigna PPO $3,993.00 ↓ -6%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $4,255.00 ↓ -0%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↑ +10%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↑ +10%
United SmallGroup $4,760.00 ↑ +12%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $4,988.00 ↑ +17%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $5,534.63 ↑ +30%
Oscar HIX $5,571.00 ↑ +31%
Curative Administrators COMM $5,849.00 ↑ +37%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5,951.00 ↑ +40%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $6,077.00 ↑ +43%
BCBS BAV $6,094.31 ↑ +43%
BCBS HMO $6,436.33 ↑ +51%
WellMed MGMCR $6,535.84 ↑ +53%
United AllPayerAppendix $6,800.00 ↑ +60%
BCBS EPOSOA $6,996.02 ↑ +64%
BCBS PPO $7,524.60 ↑ +77%

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Biliary endo perq dx w/speci at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $1,414.67 $2,425.14 – $3,031.43
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $6,238.05 $1,285.00 – $17,823.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $6,238.05 $1,285.00 – $17,823.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $6,238.05 $1,285.00 – $17,823.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $6,238.05 $4,812.21 – $17,823.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $6,238.05 $1,285.00 – $17,823.00
Ascension Providence Waco $1,286.28 $758.25 – $5,876.65
Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield $17,730.45 $3,283.46 – $13,006.64

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