C-reactive protein 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

$264.04

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.

$264.04

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.

$4.26 with Texas Health Network vs $237.64 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
Texas Health Network MCD $4.26 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.35 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.35 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.35 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $4.35 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4.35 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4.35 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.35 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.35 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $4.44 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $4.70 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $4.79 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $4.79 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $4.79 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $4.79 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $5.08 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $5.15 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $5.18 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $5.18 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.18 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $5.18 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $5.18 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $5.18 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $5.18 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $5.18 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $5.18 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $5.18 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $5.18 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $5.18 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $5.18 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $5.18 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $5.18 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $5.18 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $5.18 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $5.18 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $5.18 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $5.22 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $5.23 ↓ -98%
United MCR $5.28 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $5.34 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $5.34 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $5.34 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $5.34 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $5.34 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $5.34 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $5.44 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $5.44 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $5.44 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $5.44 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $5.44 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $5.44 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $5.44 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $5.44 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $5.44 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $5.44 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $5.49 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $5.49 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $5.49 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $5.49 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $5.49 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.61 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5.61 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $5.65 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $6.22 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $6.73 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice HIX $7.51 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $7.51 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $8.03 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $8.03 ↓ -97%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $9.84 ↓ -96%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $10.26 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $10.46 ↓ -96%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $10.88 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $11.14 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $11.55 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $14.45 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $14.97 ↓ -94%
BCBS EPOSOA $15.49 ↓ -94%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $15.53 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $15.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $15.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $15.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $15.84 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $15.84 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $16.52 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $18.99 ↓ -93%
Cigna CSN $20.91 ↓ -92%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $22.65 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBHMO $25.26 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPOS $25.26 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPPO $25.26 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMHMO $26.83 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPOS $26.83 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPPO $26.83 ↓ -90%
Cigna PPO $26.95 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPPO $31.52 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONHMO $31.52 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONPOS $31.52 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAHMO $34.08 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAPPO $34.08 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAPOS $34.08 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $43.83 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $44.36 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $69.14 ↓ -74%
Humana PPO $69.14 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $72.08 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $92.41 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $92.41 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $92.41 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $113.54 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $118.82 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $118.82 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $118.82 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $140.73 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $145.22 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $145.22 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $158.42 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $158.42 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $158.42 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $171.63 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $198.03 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $216.51 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $224.43 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $224.43 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $224.43 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $224.43 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $237.64 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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