Cath left heart/lv gram 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.

$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $33,143.26 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 Athletic Network Premier $300.00
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Superior Health Plan STAR $2,795.00
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2,795.00
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2,795.00
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2,795.00
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2,795.00
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4,787.36
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4,787.36
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4,787.36
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4,787.36
Amerigroup MGMCD $5,155.62
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $5,155.62
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $6,113.09
United OptionsPPO $6,186.74
BCBS MyBlueHealth $6,298.39
Imagine Health PPO $6,299.00
United SmallGroup $6,650.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6,765.00
BCBS BAV $6,925.38
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $7,293.00
Humana HMO $8,619.00
Humana PPO $8,619.00
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $8,727.73
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $8,727.73
Aetna QHPExchange $9,064.00
United AllPayerAppendix $9,500.00
BCBS HMO $9,604.33
Cigna CSN $10,120.00
BCBS EPOSOA $10,259.82
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $10,342.00
Oscar HIX $10,843.00
BCBS PPO $10,915.31
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $10,964.00
Aetna NBHMO $12,039.00
Aetna NBPOS $12,039.00
Aetna NBPPO $12,039.00
Aetna COMMHMO $12,794.00
Aetna COMMPOS $12,794.00
Aetna COMMPPO $12,794.00
BCBS Traditional $12,889.05
Cigna PPO $13,036.00
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $14,730.34
Aetna OONHMO $15,050.00
Aetna OONPOS $15,050.00
Aetna OONPPO $15,050.00
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $15,835.12
Aetna ASAHMO $16,261.00
Aetna ASAPPO $16,261.00
Aetna ASAPOS $16,261.00
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $16,571.63
United GlobalAppendix $16,571.63
Evry Health BroadNetwork $16,640.00
Curative Administrators COMM $17,384.00
Coventry National First Health COMM $19,628.18
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $20,254.22
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $20,254.22
Independent Medical System COMM $22,095.51
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $22,095.51
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $22,095.51
Coastal Comp COMM $23,936.80
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $27,619.39
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $30,197.20
Physicians, INC COMM $31,301.97
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $31,301.97
USA Managed Care COMM $31,301.97
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $31,301.97
Affiliated PPO COMM $33,143.26

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