(both sides) smear without diff wbc count 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.

$2.82 with Texas Health Network vs $45.88 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
Texas Health Network MCD $2.82
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2.88
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $2.88
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2.88
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $2.88
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $2.88
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $2.88
Amerigroup MGMCD $2.88
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $2.88
United MGMCD $2.94
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $3.11
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $3.17
Molina Healthcare CHIP $3.17
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $3.17
Molina Healthcare STAR $3.17
Oscar MGMCR $3.36
WellMed MGMCR $3.41
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $3.43
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $3.43
Amerigroup DualEligible $3.43
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $3.43
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $3.43
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.43
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $3.43
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $3.43
United SmallGroup $3.43
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $3.43
CHC Harris Health Indigent $3.43
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $3.43
BCBS MCRPPO $3.43
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $3.43
Devoted Health MGMCR $3.43
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $3.43
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $3.43
United AllPayerAppendix $3.43
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.43
Van Lang IPA MCR $3.46
Aetna MCR $3.46
United MCR $3.50
WellCare PFFS $3.53
WellCare MCRHMO $3.53
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $3.53
WellCare POS $3.53
WellCare SNP $3.53
WellCare PPO $3.53
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $3.60
Humana MCD $3.60
American Health Plan MGMCR $3.60
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $3.60
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $3.60
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $3.60
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $3.60
Superior Health Plan PFFS $3.60
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $3.60
Shared Health MGMCR $3.60
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $3.64
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $3.64
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $3.64
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $3.64
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $3.64
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3.71
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $3.71
Molina MGMCR $3.74
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $4.12
Verda Health Plan MCR $4.46
Community Health Choice HIX $4.97
Superior ValueHMO $4.97
Superior HMO $5.32
Superior EPO $5.32
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $6.52
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $6.79
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6.93
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $7.20
Molina Healthcare HIX $7.37
BCBS BAV $7.65
BCBS HMO $9.57
Oscar HIX $9.91
BCBS EPOSOA $10.26
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $10.30
BCBS PPO $10.94
Aetna QHPExchange $12.58
Cigna CSN $13.94
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $15.10
Aetna NBPPO $16.73
Aetna NBHMO $16.73
Aetna NBPOS $16.73
Aetna COMMPOS $17.77
Aetna COMMHMO $17.77
Aetna COMMPPO $17.77
Cigna PPO $17.97
Aetna OONHMO $20.88
Aetna OONPOS $20.88
Aetna OONPPO $20.88
Aetna ASAPPO $22.58
Aetna ASAPOS $22.58
Aetna ASAHMO $22.58
Humana PPO $45.88
Humana HMO $45.88
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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $45.71 $2.88 – $57.14
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