#cms hgb-sulfhemoglobin 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.

$7.24 with Texas Health Network vs $110.47 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
Texas Health Network MCD $7.24
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $7.39
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $7.39
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $7.39
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $7.39
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $7.39
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $7.39
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.39
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $7.39
United MGMCD $7.54
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $7.98
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $8.13
Molina Healthcare CHIP $8.13
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $8.13
Molina Healthcare STAR $8.13
Oscar MGMCR $8.62
WellMed MGMCR $8.76
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $8.80
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $8.80
Amerigroup DualEligible $8.80
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $8.80
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $8.80
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.80
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $8.80
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $8.80
United SmallGroup $8.80
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $8.80
CHC Harris Health Indigent $8.80
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.80
BCBS MCRPPO $8.80
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $8.80
Devoted Health MGMCR $8.80
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $8.80
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $8.80
United AllPayerAppendix $8.80
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8.80
Aetna MCR $8.87
Van Lang IPA MCR $8.89
United MCR $8.98
WellCare PFFS $9.06
WellCare MCRHMO $9.06
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $9.06
WellCare POS $9.06
WellCare SNP $9.06
WellCare PPO $9.06
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $9.24
Humana MCD $9.24
American Health Plan MGMCR $9.24
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $9.24
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $9.24
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $9.24
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $9.24
Superior Health Plan PFFS $9.24
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $9.24
Shared Health MGMCR $9.24
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $9.33
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $9.33
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $9.33
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $9.33
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $9.33
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $9.52
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $9.52
Molina MGMCR $9.59
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $10.56
Verda Health Plan MCR $11.44
Community Health Choice HIX $12.76
Superior ValueHMO $12.76
Superior HMO $13.64
Superior EPO $13.64
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $16.72
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $17.42
BCBS MyBlueHealth $17.78
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $18.48
Molina Healthcare HIX $18.92
BCBS BAV $19.62
BCBS HMO $24.55
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $24.81
Oscar HIX $25.43
BCBS EPOSOA $26.31
BCBS PPO $28.07
Aetna QHPExchange $32.25
Cigna CSN $36.24
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $39.26
Aetna NBPPO $42.88
Aetna NBHMO $42.88
Aetna NBPOS $42.88
Aetna COMMPOS $45.56
Aetna COMMHMO $45.56
Aetna COMMPPO $45.56
Cigna PPO $46.70
Aetna OONHMO $53.52
Aetna OONPOS $53.52
Aetna OONPPO $53.52
Aetna ASAPPO $57.87
Aetna ASAPOS $57.87
Aetna ASAHMO $57.87
Humana PPO $110.47
Humana HMO $110.47
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#cms hgb-sulfhemoglobin at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $75.58 $7.39 – $56.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $75.58 $12.00 – $104.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $75.58 $7.39 – $78.52
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $75.58 $7.39 – $56.47
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $75.58 $7.91 – $104.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $75.58 $7.39 – $104.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $75.58 $7.39 – $94.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $75.58 $7.39 – $56.47

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