Covers for upright each 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.

$52.59 with Oscar vs $412.78 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
Oscar MGMCR $52.59
WellMed MGMCR $53.39
Devoted Health MGMCR $53.66
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $53.66
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $53.66
Amerigroup DualEligible $53.66
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $53.66
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $53.66
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $53.66
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $53.66
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $53.66
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $53.66
BCBS MCRPPO $53.66
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $53.66
CHC Harris Health Indigent $53.66
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $53.66
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $53.66
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $53.66
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $53.66
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $53.66
Aetna MCR $54.12
Van Lang IPA MCR $54.20
United MCR $54.73
WellCare POS $55.27
WellCare MCRHMO $55.27
WellCare PPO $55.27
WellCare PFFS $55.27
WellCare SNP $55.27
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $55.27
American Health Plan MGMCR $56.34
Superior Health Plan PFFS $56.34
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $56.34
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $56.34
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $56.34
Shared Health MGMCR $56.34
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $56.34
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $56.34
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $56.34
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $56.88
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $56.88
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $56.88
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $56.88
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $56.88
Molina MGMCR $58.49
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $64.39
Verda Health Plan MCR $69.76
Community Health Choice HIX $77.81
Superior ValueHMO $77.81
Superior HMO $83.17
Superior EPO $83.17
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $101.95
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $106.25
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $112.69
Molina Healthcare HIX $115.37
Humana HMO $412.78
Humana PPO $412.78

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Covers for upright each at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $52.59 – $115.37
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $52.59 – $115.37
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $52.59 – $115.37
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $52.59 – $115.37
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $52.59 – $115.37
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $52.59 – $115.37
HCA HOUSTON WEST HOUSTON not published $52.59 – $115.37
Covenant Medical Center Lubbock not published $53.66 – $56.61

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