C-1 esterase, berinert 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.

$19.18 with Superior Health Plan vs $476.68 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
Superior Health Plan STAR $19.18
Superior Health Plan STARKids $19.18
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $19.18
Superior Health Plan CHIP $19.18
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $19.18
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $41.56
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $41.56
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $41.56
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $41.56
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $44.76
Amerigroup MGMCD $44.76
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $53.07
United OptionsPPO $53.71
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $75.76
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $75.76
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $75.86
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $75.86
BCBS Traditional $111.89
BCBS MyBlueHealth $115.84
United AllPayerAppendix $125.17
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $125.17
United SmallGroup $125.17
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $137.46
United GlobalAppendix $143.86
BCBS HMO $159.57
BCBS PPO $159.57
BCBS EPOSOA $159.57
Coventry National First Health COMM $170.39
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $175.82
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $175.82
Cigna CSN $183.58
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $191.81
Independent Medical System COMM $191.81
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $191.81
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $198.75
BCBS BAV $199.17
Coastal Comp COMM $207.79
Cigna PPO $236.68
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $239.76
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $262.14
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $271.73
USA Managed Care COMM $271.73
Physicians, INC COMM $271.73
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $271.73
Affiliated PPO COMM $287.71
Humana HMO $476.68
Humana PPO $476.68

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C-1 esterase, berinert at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $28,953.24 $72.27 – $476.68
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $10,255.04 $77.25 – $61,530.20
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $19,377.48 $72.27 – $476.68
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston $10,255.04 $77.25 – $61,530.20
St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine San Augustine $10,255.04 $77.25 – $61,530.20
Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin (Ascension Seton) Austin $2,853.72 $40.52 – $247.63
Ascension Seton Northwest (Ascension Seton) Austin $2,853.72 $40.52 – $247.63
Ascension Seton Smithville (Ascension Seton) Smithville $2,853.72 $40.52 – $247.63

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