Brain image w/flow < 4 views 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.

$198.75 with Texas Health Network vs $3,464.17 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 $198.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $202.81
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $202.81
Amerigroup MGMCD $202.81
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $202.81
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $212.18
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $212.18
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $212.18
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $212.18
United MGMCD $216.42
Molina Healthcare CHIP $223.09
Molina Healthcare STAR $223.09
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $223.09
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $223.09
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $229.15
Humana MCD $253.51
BCBS MyBlueHealth $350.77
BCBS BAV $444.44
BCBS HMO $677.62
BCBS EPOSOA $703.53
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $716.53
BCBS PPO $727.45
United AllPayerAppendix $848.52
United SmallGroup $848.52
Aetna QHPExchange $1,076.51
Aetna NBHMO $1,430.79
Aetna NBPPO $1,430.79
Aetna NBPOS $1,430.79
Aetna COMMPOS $1,522.02
Aetna COMMPPO $1,522.02
Aetna COMMHMO $1,522.02
Aetna OONPOS $1,789.63
Aetna OONHMO $1,789.63
Aetna OONPPO $1,789.63
Aetna ASAPOS $1,934.08
Aetna ASAHMO $1,934.08
Aetna ASAPPO $1,934.08
Humana HMO $3,464.17
Humana PPO $3,464.17

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Brain image w/flow < 4 views at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,063.48 $196.80 – $1,329.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,694.19 $541.75 – $4,041.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,905.29 $196.80 – $2,381.61
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,063.48 $196.80 – $1,329.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,694.19 $210.58 – $4,041.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,694.19 $196.80 – $4,041.28
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,905.29 $196.80 – $2,857.93
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,063.48 $196.80 – $1,329.35

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