Chromatography 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

$133.20

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.

$133.20

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.

$7.99 with Superior Health Plan vs $241.18 with Humana — 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $7.99 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $7.99 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $7.99 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $7.99 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $7.99 ↓ -94%
Texas Health Network MCD $14.87 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $15.17 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $15.17 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $15.17 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup MGMCD $15.17 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $15.17 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $15.17 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $15.17 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $15.17 ↓ -89%
United MGMCD $15.47 ↓ -88%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $16.38 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $16.69 ↓ -87%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $16.69 ↓ -87%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $16.69 ↓ -87%
Molina Healthcare STAR $16.69 ↓ -87%
Oscar MGMCR $17.70 ↓ -87%
WellMed MGMCR $17.97 ↓ -87%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $18.06 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup DualEligible $18.06 ↓ -86%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $18.06 ↓ -86%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $18.06 ↓ -86%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $18.06 ↓ -86%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $18.06 ↓ -86%
BCBS MCRPPO $18.06 ↓ -86%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $18.06 ↓ -86%
United SmallGroup $18.06 ↓ -86%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $18.06 ↓ -86%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $18.06 ↓ -86%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $18.06 ↓ -86%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $18.06 ↓ -86%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $18.06 ↓ -86%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $18.06 ↓ -86%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $18.06 ↓ -86%
Devoted Health MGMCR $18.06 ↓ -86%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $18.06 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $18.06 ↓ -86%
Aetna MCR $18.21 ↓ -86%
Van Lang IPA MCR $18.24 ↓ -86%
United MCR $18.42 ↓ -86%
WellCare PPO $18.60 ↓ -86%
WellCare SNP $18.60 ↓ -86%
WellCare POS $18.60 ↓ -86%
WellCare MCRHMO $18.60 ↓ -86%
WellCare PFFS $18.60 ↓ -86%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $18.60 ↓ -86%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $18.96 ↓ -86%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $18.96 ↓ -86%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $18.96 ↓ -86%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $18.96 ↓ -86%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $18.96 ↓ -86%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $18.96 ↓ -86%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $18.96 ↓ -86%
Humana MCD $18.96 ↓ -86%
American Health Plan MGMCR $18.96 ↓ -86%
Shared Health MGMCR $18.96 ↓ -86%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $19.14 ↓ -86%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $19.14 ↓ -86%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $19.14 ↓ -86%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $19.14 ↓ -86%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $19.14 ↓ -86%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $19.55 ↓ -85%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $19.55 ↓ -85%
Molina MGMCR $19.69 ↓ -85%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $21.67 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $22.11 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $22.38 ↓ -83%
Verda Health Plan MCR $23.48 ↓ -82%
Community Health Choice HIX $26.19 ↓ -80%
Superior ValueHMO $26.19 ↓ -80%
Superior EPO $27.99 ↓ -79%
Superior HMO $27.99 ↓ -79%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $34.31 ↓ -74%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $35.76 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $36.36 ↓ -73%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $36.48 ↓ -73%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $37.93 ↓ -72%
Molina Healthcare HIX $38.83 ↓ -71%
BCBS BAV $40.27 ↓ -70%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $46.62 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $46.62 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $46.62 ↓ -65%
BCBS HMO $50.39 ↓ -62%
Oscar HIX $52.19 ↓ -61%
BCBS EPOSOA $54.00 ↓ -59%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $54.17 ↓ -59%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $57.28 ↓ -57%
BCBS PPO $57.61 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $59.94 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $59.94 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $59.94 ↓ -55%
Aetna QHPExchange $66.18 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $71.00 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $73.26 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $73.26 ↓ -45%
Cigna CSN $73.87 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $79.92 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $79.92 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $79.92 ↓ -40%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $80.01 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $86.58 ↓ -35%
Aetna NBPOS $88.01 ↓ -34%
Aetna NBHMO $88.01 ↓ -34%
Aetna NBPPO $88.01 ↓ -34%
Aetna COMMHMO $93.50 ↓ -30%
Aetna COMMPOS $93.50 ↓ -30%
Aetna COMMPPO $93.50 ↓ -30%
Cigna PPO $95.19 ↓ -29%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $99.90 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $109.22 ↓ -18%
Aetna OONHMO $109.84 ↓ -18%
Aetna OONPOS $109.84 ↓ -18%
Aetna OONPPO $109.84 ↓ -18%
USA Managed Care COMM $113.22 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $113.22 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $113.22 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $113.22 ↓ -15%
Aetna ASAPOS $118.76 ↓ -11%
Aetna ASAPPO $118.76 ↓ -11%
Aetna ASAHMO $118.76 ↓ -11%
Affiliated PPO COMM $119.88 ↓ -10%
Humana HMO $241.18 ↑ +81%
Humana PPO $241.18 ↑ +81%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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