Colistimethate sodium inj 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

$2,344.80

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.

$2,344.80

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.

$12.08 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $661.88 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $12.08 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $12.08 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $19.93 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $19.93 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $19.93 ↓ -99%
Cigna CSN $27.56 ↓ -99%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $29.84 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $31.61 ↓ -99%
Cigna PPO $35.54 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $43.55 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $43.55 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $43.55 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $44.13 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $44.13 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STAR $44.13 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $44.13 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $44.13 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $48.76 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $54.36 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $95.60 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $95.60 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $95.60 ↓ -96%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $95.60 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $102.96 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup MGMCD $102.96 ↓ -96%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $122.08 ↓ -95%
United OptionsPPO $123.55 ↓ -95%
Superior HMO $128.70 ↓ -95%
Superior EPO $128.70 ↓ -95%
Superior ValueHMO $145.61 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $172.01 ↓ -93%
Humana PPO $172.01 ↓ -93%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $174.29 ↓ -93%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $174.29 ↓ -93%
Molina Healthcare HIX $198.56 ↓ -92%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $220.63 ↓ -91%
BCBS Traditional $257.40 ↓ -89%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $316.23 ↓ -87%
United GlobalAppendix $330.94 ↓ -86%
Coventry National First Health COMM $391.98 ↓ -83%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $404.48 ↓ -83%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $404.48 ↓ -83%
Independent Medical System COMM $441.25 ↓ -81%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $441.25 ↓ -81%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $441.25 ↓ -81%
Coastal Comp COMM $478.02 ↓ -80%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $551.57 ↓ -76%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $588.34 ↓ -75%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $603.04 ↓ -74%
Physicians, INC COMM $625.11 ↓ -73%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $625.11 ↓ -73%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $625.11 ↓ -73%
USA Managed Care COMM $625.11 ↓ -73%
Affiliated PPO COMM $661.88 ↓ -72%

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Colistimethate sodium inj at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $209.79 $11.94 – $172.01
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $88.52 $39.86 – $64.40
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $74.82 $12.08 – $172.01
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $31.96 $14.52 – $67.67
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $164.85 $9.07 – $58.32
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $31.96 $14.89 – $67.67
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $31.96 $14.89 – $67.67
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $21.77 $11.94 – $172.01

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