Brachy source yttrium-90 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

$26,400.91

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.

$26,400.91

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.

$3,432.12 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $51,274.71 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3,432.12 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3,432.12 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3,432.12 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3,432.12 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $3,696.13 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $3,696.13 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $3,907.33 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $4,224.15 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $4,382.55 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $4,435.35 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $5,016.17 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $6,257.02 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $6,257.02 ↓ -76%
BCBS Traditional $9,240.32 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $10,560.36 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $11,352.39 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $11,880.41 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $14,071.69 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $14,520.50 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $14,520.50 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $15,840.55 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $15,840.55 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $15,840.55 ↓ -40%
United SmallGroup $16,800.00 ↓ -36%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $17,698.00 ↓ -33%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $19,800.68 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $21,648.75 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $22,440.77 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $22,440.77 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $22,440.77 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $22,440.77 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $23,760.82 ↓ -10%
United AllPayerAppendix $24,000.00 ↓ -9%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $31,277.57 ↑ +18%
BCBS BAV $34,524.97 ↑ +31%
BCBS PPO $51,274.71 ↑ +94%
BCBS HMO $51,274.71 ↑ +94%
BCBS EPOSOA $51,274.71 ↑ +94%

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Brachy source yttrium-90 at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $73,177.56 $31,277.57 – $31,277.57
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $35,900.28 $66,998.95 – $66,998.95
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $58,300.55 $16,676.33 – $79,411.06
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $58,300.55 $17,470.44 – $79,411.06
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $58,300.55 $17,470.44 – $79,411.06
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $99,999.99 $31,277.57 – $31,277.57
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $58,300.55 $17,470.44 – $79,411.06
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $58,300.55 $17,470.44 – $79,411.06

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