Bundled special stain group 2 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.

$10.53 with Superior Health Plan vs $870.84 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $10.53
Superior Health Plan STARKids $10.53
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $10.53
Superior Health Plan STAR $10.53
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $10.53
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $22.81
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $22.81
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $22.81
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $22.81
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $33.84
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84
United SmallGroup $33.84
Oscar HIX $34.22
United OptionsPPO $35.45
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $44.75
Evry Health BroadNetwork $47.91
BCBS Traditional $61.42
BCBS MyBlueHealth $67.53
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $70.19
BCBS BAV $74.55
United GlobalAppendix $78.97
BCBS HMO $93.27
Coventry National First Health COMM $93.53
BCBS EPOSOA $99.96
BCBS PPO $106.64
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $131.61
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $135.46
Amerigroup MGMCD $135.46
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $149.16
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $160.62
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $229.32
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $229.32
Aetna QHPExchange $264.62
Cigna CSN $291.06
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $315.26
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $338.66
Imagine Health PPO $338.66
Aetna NBPOS $351.91
Aetna NBHMO $351.91
Aetna NBPPO $351.91
Aetna COMMPPO $373.87
Aetna COMMPOS $373.87
Aetna COMMHMO $373.87
Cigna PPO $375.09
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $416.07
Averde Health Commercial $435.42
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $435.42
Aetna OONPPO $439.20
Aetna OONHMO $439.20
Aetna OONPOS $439.20
Aetna ASAPOS $474.88
Aetna ASAPPO $474.88
Aetna ASAHMO $474.88
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $532.18
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $532.18
Independent Medical System COMM $580.56
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $580.56
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $580.56
Humana PPO $602.35
Humana HMO $602.35
Coastal Comp COMM $628.94
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $793.43
USA Managed Care COMM $822.46
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $822.46
Physicians, INC COMM $822.46
Affiliated PPO COMM $870.84
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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