Cholesterol (Lipid) Test 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

$1,622.85

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.

$1,622.85

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.

$7.51 with Texas Health Network vs $1,460.57 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 $7.51 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $7.66 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $7.66 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $7.66 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $7.66 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $7.66 ↓ -100%
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.66 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $7.66 ↓ -100%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $7.66 ↓ -100%
United MGMCD $7.81 ↓ -100%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $8.27 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $8.43 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $8.43 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $8.43 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $8.43 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $9.57 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $13.12 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $13.32 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $13.39 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $13.39 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $13.39 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.39 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $13.39 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $13.39 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $13.39 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $13.39 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $13.39 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $13.39 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $13.39 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $13.39 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $13.39 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $13.39 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $13.39 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $13.39 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $13.39 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $13.39 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $13.39 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $13.50 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $13.52 ↓ -99%
United MCR $13.66 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $13.79 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $13.79 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $13.79 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $13.79 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $13.79 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $13.79 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $14.06 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $14.06 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $14.06 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $14.06 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $14.06 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $14.06 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $14.06 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $14.06 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $14.06 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $14.19 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $14.19 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $14.19 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $14.19 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $14.19 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $14.49 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $14.49 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $14.60 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $16.07 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $17.41 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $19.42 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $19.42 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $20.75 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $20.75 ↓ -99%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $25.44 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $26.51 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $27.05 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $28.12 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $28.79 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $29.86 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $37.36 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $38.70 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $40.04 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $40.17 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $42.71 ↓ -97%
Aetna QHPExchange $49.07 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $55.77 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $60.41 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPPO $65.25 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBPOS $65.25 ↓ -96%
Aetna NBHMO $65.25 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPOS $69.33 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMHMO $69.33 ↓ -96%
Aetna COMMPPO $69.33 ↓ -96%
Cigna PPO $71.87 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONHMO $81.44 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPOS $81.44 ↓ -95%
Aetna OONPPO $81.44 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAHMO $88.06 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPOS $88.06 ↓ -95%
Aetna ASAPPO $88.06 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $97.37 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $97.37 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $97.37 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $97.37 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $97.37 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $178.85 ↓ -89%
Humana HMO $178.85 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $269.39 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $272.64 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $443.04 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $568.00 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $568.00 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $568.00 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $697.83 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $730.28 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $730.28 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $730.28 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $864.98 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $892.57 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $892.57 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $973.71 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $973.71 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $973.71 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,054.85 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,217.14 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,330.74 ↓ -18%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,379.42 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,379.42 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,379.42 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,379.42 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,460.57 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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