Carcinoembryonic ag (cea) 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

$1,299.26

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.

$1,299.26

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.

$15.61 with Texas Health Network vs $1,169.33 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 $15.61 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $15.93 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $15.93 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $15.93 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $15.93 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $15.93 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $15.93 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $15.93 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $15.93 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $16.25 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $17.20 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $17.52 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $17.52 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $17.52 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $17.52 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $18.58 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $18.87 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $18.96 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $18.96 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $18.96 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $18.96 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $18.96 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $18.96 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $18.96 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $18.96 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $18.96 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $18.96 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $18.96 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $18.96 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $18.96 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $18.96 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $18.96 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $18.96 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $18.96 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.96 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $18.96 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $19.12 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $19.15 ↓ -99%
United MCR $19.34 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $19.53 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $19.53 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $19.53 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $19.53 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $19.53 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $19.53 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $19.91 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $19.91 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $19.91 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $19.91 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $19.91 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $19.91 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $19.91 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $19.91 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $19.91 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $19.91 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $20.10 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $20.10 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $20.10 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $20.10 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $20.10 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $20.52 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $20.52 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $20.67 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $22.75 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $24.65 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $27.49 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $27.49 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $29.39 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $29.39 ↓ -98%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $36.02 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $37.54 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $38.30 ↓ -97%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $39.82 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare HIX $40.76 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $42.28 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $52.90 ↓ -96%
Oscar HIX $54.79 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $56.69 ↓ -96%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $56.89 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $60.48 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPExchange $69.46 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $77.96 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $77.96 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $77.96 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $77.96 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $77.96 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $78.07 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $84.56 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPPO $92.37 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBHMO $92.37 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPOS $92.37 ↓ -93%
Aetna COMMHMO $98.13 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPOS $98.13 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMPPO $98.13 ↓ -92%
Cigna PPO $100.61 ↓ -92%
Aetna OONPPO $115.28 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONHMO $115.28 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPOS $115.28 ↓ -91%
Aetna ASAHMO $124.65 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPPO $124.65 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPOS $124.65 ↓ -90%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $215.68 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $218.28 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $253.30 ↓ -81%
Humana PPO $253.30 ↓ -81%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $354.70 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $454.74 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $454.74 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $454.74 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $558.68 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $584.67 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $584.67 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $584.67 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $692.51 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $714.59 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $714.59 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $779.56 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $779.56 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $779.56 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $844.52 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $974.45 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,065.39 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,104.37 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,104.37 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,104.37 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,104.37 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,169.33 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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