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.

$298.64 with Texas Health Network vs $5,445.30 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 $298.64
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $304.73
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $304.73
Amerigroup MGMCD $304.73
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $304.73
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $326.11
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $326.11
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $326.11
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $326.11
United MGMCD $332.63
Molina Healthcare CHIP $335.20
Molina Healthcare STAR $335.20
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $335.20
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $335.20
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $352.20
Humana MCD $380.91
BCBS MyBlueHealth $546.13
BCBS BAV $691.97
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $929.86
BCBS HMO $1,055.02
BCBS EPOSOA $1,095.36
United AllPayerAppendix $1,101.15
United SmallGroup $1,101.15
BCBS PPO $1,132.60
Aetna QHPExchange $1,669.82
Aetna NBPPO $2,219.35
Aetna NBPOS $2,219.35
Aetna NBHMO $2,219.35
Aetna COMMPOS $2,360.86
Aetna COMMPPO $2,360.86
Aetna COMMHMO $2,360.86
Aetna OONPOS $2,775.95
Aetna OONHMO $2,775.95
Aetna OONPPO $2,775.95
Aetna ASAPOS $3,000.01
Aetna ASAHMO $3,000.01
Aetna ASAPPO $3,000.01
Humana HMO $5,445.30
Humana PPO $5,445.30

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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 $1,553.68 $295.70 – $1,942.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,337.97 $481.23 – $3,506.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,901.40 $295.70 – $2,376.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,553.68 $295.70 – $1,942.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,337.97 $316.40 – $3,506.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,337.97 $295.70 – $3,506.96
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,901.40 $295.70 – $2,852.10
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $1,553.68 $295.70 – $1,942.10

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