Budesonide non-comp unit 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.

$1.05 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $39.26 with Affiliated PPO — 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1.05
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1.05
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1.73
United AllPayerAppendix $1.73
United SmallGroup $1.73
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2.62
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2.62
Superior Health Plan STAR $2.62
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2.62
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2.62
Aetna MCR $2.89
Cigna CSN $3.10
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3.35
Cigna PPO $3.99
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $5.67
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $5.67
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $5.67
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $5.67
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.11
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $6.11
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $7.24
United OptionsPPO $7.33
Superior HMO $7.63
Superior EPO $7.63
Superior ValueHMO $8.64
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $10.34
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $10.34
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11.05
Molina Healthcare HIX $11.78
CHC Harris Health Indigent $13.09
BCBS PPO $15.23
BCBS HMO $15.23
BCBS EPOSOA $15.23
BCBS Traditional $15.27
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $18.76
BCBS BAV $19.01
United GlobalAppendix $19.63
Humana HMO $22.01
Humana PPO $22.01
Coventry National First Health COMM $23.25
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $23.99
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $23.99
Independent Medical System COMM $26.17
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $26.17
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $26.17
Coastal Comp COMM $28.35
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $32.72
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $34.90
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $35.77
Physicians, INC COMM $37.08
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $37.08
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $37.08
USA Managed Care COMM $37.08
Affiliated PPO COMM $39.26

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Budesonide non-comp unit at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $73.03 $3.84 – $22.52
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $67.60 $1.19 – $22.01
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock $73.03 $3.84 – $29.28
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview $84.45 $20.92 – $20.92
Covenant Hospital Levelland Levelland $38.63 $20.92 – $20.92
Covenant Specialty Hospital Lubbock $73.03 not published
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $21.71 – $21.71
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $1.19 – $22.01

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