Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section each additional block 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

$616.61

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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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$616.61

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.

$24.08 with United vs $630.31 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

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
United SmallGroup $24.08 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $24.08 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $24.08 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $37.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $37.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $37.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $37.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $37.00 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $44.40 ↓ -93%
Aetna MCR $46.43 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $49.02 ↓ -92%
BCBS HMO $61.32 ↓ -90%
BCBS EPOSOA $65.72 ↓ -89%
BCBS PPO $70.12 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $80.16 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $80.16 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $80.16 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $80.16 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHPExchange $92.45 ↓ -85%
Amerigroup MGMCD $98.05 ↓ -84%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $98.05 ↓ -84%
Cigna CSN $102.88 ↓ -83%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $111.43 ↓ -82%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $116.26 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $117.66 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $120.24 ↓ -80%
Superior EPO $122.56 ↓ -80%
Superior HMO $122.56 ↓ -80%
Aetna NBPOS $122.94 ↓ -80%
Aetna NBHMO $122.94 ↓ -80%
Aetna NBPPO $122.94 ↓ -80%
Aetna COMMHMO $130.62 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMMPPO $130.62 ↓ -79%
Aetna COMMPOS $130.62 ↓ -79%
Cigna PPO $132.58 ↓ -78%
Superior ValueHMO $138.67 ↓ -78%
Aetna OONPPO $153.44 ↓ -75%
Aetna OONHMO $153.44 ↓ -75%
Aetna OONPOS $153.44 ↓ -75%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $157.24 ↓ -74%
Aetna ASAPPO $165.91 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASAHMO $165.91 ↓ -73%
Aetna ASAPOS $165.91 ↓ -73%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $165.98 ↓ -73%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $165.98 ↓ -73%
Molina Healthcare HIX $166.48 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $168.33 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $184.98 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $215.81 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $218.67 ↓ -65%
Humana PPO $218.67 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $245.12 ↓ -60%
Imagine Health PPO $245.12 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $246.64 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $277.47 ↓ -55%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $301.15 ↓ -51%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $315.15 ↓ -49%
Averde Health Commercial $315.15 ↓ -49%
Coventry National First Health COMM $328.65 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $385.19 ↓ -38%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $385.19 ↓ -38%
Independent Medical System COMM $420.20 ↓ -32%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $420.20 ↓ -32%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $420.20 ↓ -32%
Coastal Comp COMM $455.22 ↓ -26%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $462.46 ↓ -25%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $493.29 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $524.12 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $574.28 ↓ -7%
USA Managed Care COMM $595.29 ↓ -3%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $595.29 ↓ -3%
Physicians, INC COMM $595.29 ↓ -3%
Affiliated PPO COMM $630.31 ↑ +2%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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