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5324 ATASCOCITA RD, HUMBLE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1811942238

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 14, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$1,114.91

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.

$1,114.91

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.

$8.02 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,101.80 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 STARKids $8.02 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $8.02 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $8.02 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $8.02 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan STAR $8.02 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $17.37 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $17.37 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $17.37 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $17.37 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $18.71 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $18.71 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $22.18 ↓ -98%
United OptionsPPO $22.45 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $26.06 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $31.67 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $31.67 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $33.84 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $33.84 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $33.84 ↓ -97%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $34.07 ↓ -97%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $36.48 ↓ -97%
BCBS Traditional $46.77 ↓ -96%
Imagine Health PPO $46.77 ↓ -96%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $46.77 ↓ -96%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $53.45 ↓ -95%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $57.46 ↓ -95%
United GlobalAppendix $60.13 ↓ -95%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $60.13 ↓ -95%
Averde Health Commercial $60.13 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $67.53 ↓ -94%
Coventry National First Health COMM $71.22 ↓ -94%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $73.49 ↓ -93%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $73.49 ↓ -93%
BCBS BAV $74.55 ↓ -93%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $80.17 ↓ -93%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $80.17 ↓ -93%
Independent Medical System COMM $80.17 ↓ -93%
Coastal Comp COMM $86.85 ↓ -92%
BCBS HMO $93.27 ↓ -92%
BCBS EPOSOA $99.96 ↓ -91%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $100.22 ↓ -91%
BCBS PPO $106.64 ↓ -90%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $109.57 ↓ -90%
USA Managed Care COMM $113.58 ↓ -90%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $113.58 ↓ -90%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $113.58 ↓ -90%
Physicians, INC COMM $113.58 ↓ -90%
Affiliated PPO COMM $120.26 ↓ -89%
Cigna CSN $233.69 ↓ -79%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $253.12 ↓ -77%
Cigna PPO $301.15 ↓ -73%
Aetna QHPExchange $316.14 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBHMO $420.43 ↓ -62%
Aetna NBPPO $420.43 ↓ -62%
Aetna NBPOS $420.43 ↓ -62%
Aetna COMMHMO $446.67 ↓ -60%
Aetna COMMPOS $446.67 ↓ -60%
Aetna COMMPPO $446.67 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $524.72 ↓ -53%
Aetna OONPPO $524.72 ↓ -53%
Aetna OONPOS $524.72 ↓ -53%
Aetna ASAPPO $567.35 ↓ -49%
Aetna ASAPOS $567.35 ↓ -49%
Aetna ASAHMO $567.35 ↓ -49%
Humana PPO $1,101.80 ↓ -1%
Humana HMO $1,101.80 ↓ -1%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $171.65 $10.00 – $214.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $151.88 $12.00 – $227.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $147.46 $12.00 – $184.32
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $171.65 $10.00 – $214.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $151.88 $12.00 – $227.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $151.88 $8.00 – $227.82
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $147.46 $12.00 – $221.18
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $171.65 $10.00 – $214.57

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