Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) 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.

$187.63 with Texas Health Network vs $4,859.32 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 $187.63
Amerigroup MGMCD $191.46
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $191.46
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $195.46
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $195.46
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $195.46
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $195.46
United MGMCD $199.37
Molina Healthcare STAR $210.61
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $210.61
Molina Healthcare CHIP $210.61
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $210.61
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $211.10
Humana MCD $239.33
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $323.95
Superior Health Plan CHIP $323.95
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $323.95
Superior Health Plan STAR $323.95
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $323.95
BCBS MyBlueHealth $384.56
BCBS BAV $424.00
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
BCBS HMO $530.82
BCBS PPO $530.82
BCBS EPOSOA $530.82
Cigna CSN $557.32
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $603.15
Cigna PPO $716.98
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $896.28
United OptionsPPO $907.07
Oscar HIX $1,052.85
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,279.62
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,279.62
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,376.81
Aetna QHPExchange $1,430.80
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,474.00
Humana HMO $1,535.02
Humana PPO $1,535.02
Aetna NBPPO $1,733.16
Aetna NBHMO $1,733.16
Aetna NBPOS $1,733.16
Aetna COMMPPO $1,846.54
Aetna COMMHMO $1,846.54
Aetna COMMPOS $1,846.54
BCBS Traditional $1,889.74
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $1,889.74
Imagine Health PPO $1,889.74
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,159.70
Curative Administrators COMM $2,159.70
Aetna OONPOS $2,165.10
Aetna OONPPO $2,165.10
Aetna OONHMO $2,165.10
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,321.68
Aetna ASAPPO $2,337.88
Aetna ASAPOS $2,337.88
Aetna ASAHMO $2,337.88
Averde Health Commercial $2,429.66
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,429.66
United GlobalAppendix $2,429.66
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,877.80
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,969.59
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,969.59
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $3,239.55
Independent Medical System COMM $3,239.55
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,239.55
Coastal Comp COMM $3,509.51
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $4,049.44
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,427.39
USA Managed Care COMM $4,589.36
Physicians, INC COMM $4,589.36
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $4,589.36
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $4,589.36
Affiliated PPO COMM $4,859.32

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Carotid Artery Ultrasound (Duplex) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,602.58 $632.71 – $632.71
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,375.99 $187.79 – $1,719.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,224.72 $252.09 – $1,837.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,224.72 $187.79 – $1,530.90
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,375.99 $187.79 – $1,719.99
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,224.72 $200.94 – $1,837.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,224.72 $187.79 – $1,837.08
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,224.72 $187.79 – $1,837.08

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