Biliary endoscopy thru skin 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

$12,366.52

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.

$12,366.52

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.

$948.00 with Superior Health Plan vs $15,767.00 with Cigna — 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
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -92%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,944.00 ↓ -84%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,115.00 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $2,498.04 ↓ -80%
Aetna NBPOS $2,580.00 ↓ -79%
Aetna NBHMO $2,580.00 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,742.00 ↓ -78%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,742.00 ↓ -78%
Texas Health Network MCD $2,762.95 ↓ -78%
Amerigroup MGMCD $2,960.31 ↓ -76%
Aetna NBPPO $2,986.00 ↓ -76%
United MGMCD $3,025.27 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $3,101.27 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare STAR $3,101.27 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $3,101.27 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $3,101.27 ↓ -75%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3,157.66 ↓ -74%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3,157.66 ↓ -74%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3,157.66 ↓ -74%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3,157.66 ↓ -74%
Aetna COMMPPO $3,174.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna OONPOS $3,228.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna OONHMO $3,228.00 ↓ -74%
Aetna ASAHMO $3,486.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna ASAPOS $3,486.00 ↓ -72%
Humana MCD $3,524.18 ↓ -72%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $3,559.14 ↓ -71%
Aetna OONPPO $3,732.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna ASAPPO $4,034.00 ↓ -67%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $4,255.00 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $4,328.28 ↓ -65%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -62%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -62%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,946.61 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $5,564.93 ↓ -55%
United SmallGroup $6,300.00 ↓ -49%
Coventry National First Health COMM $6,591.36 ↓ -47%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $8,604.00 ↓ -30%
Curative Administrators COMM $8,778.00 ↓ -29%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8,987.00 ↓ -27%
United AllPayerAppendix $9,000.00 ↓ -27%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $9,124.00 ↓ -26%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $9,274.89 ↓ -25%
BCBS BAV $9,474.07 ↓ -23%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $9,493.00 ↓ -23%
Oscar HIX $9,653.00 ↓ -22%
BCBS HMO $10,005.78 ↓ -19%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $10,511.54 ↓ -15%
WellMed MGMCR $10,731.66 ↓ -13%
BCBS EPOSOA $10,875.85 ↓ -12%
BCBS PPO $11,697.58 ↓ -5%
Cigna CSN $12,240.00 ↓ -1%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $13,261.00 ↑ +7%
Cigna PPO $15,767.00 ↑ +27%

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Biliary endoscopy thru skin at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $8,487.50 $5,460.00 – $24,250.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $1,594.60 $1,160.87 – $9,112.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $8,487.50 $5,460.00 – $24,250.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $8,487.50 $5,460.00 – $24,250.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $1,594.60 $5,011.60 – $9,112.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $8,487.50 $6,547.50 – $24,250.00
St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital Navasota $1,594.60 $3,304.02 – $10,114.32
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $8,487.50 $5,460.00 – $24,250.00

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