Creatine kinase 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

$1,048.09

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.

$1,048.09

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.

$5.36 with Texas Health Network vs $943.28 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
Texas Health Network MCD $5.36 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $5.47 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $5.47 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $5.47 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $5.47 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $5.47 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $5.47 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.47 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $5.47 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $5.58 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $5.91 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $6.02 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $6.02 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $6.02 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $6.02 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $6.38 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $6.48 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $6.51 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $6.51 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.51 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $6.51 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $6.51 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $6.51 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $6.51 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $6.51 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $6.51 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.51 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $6.51 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $6.51 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $6.51 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $6.51 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $6.51 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $6.51 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $6.51 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $6.51 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6.51 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $6.57 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $6.58 ↓ -99%
United MCR $6.64 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $6.71 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $6.71 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $6.71 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $6.71 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $6.71 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $6.71 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $6.84 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $6.84 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $6.84 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $6.84 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $6.84 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $6.84 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $6.84 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $6.84 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $6.84 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $6.84 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $6.90 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $6.90 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $6.90 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $6.90 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $6.90 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $7.05 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $7.05 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $7.10 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $7.81 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $8.46 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice HIX $9.44 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $9.44 ↓ -99%
Superior EPO $10.09 ↓ -99%
Superior HMO $10.09 ↓ -99%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $12.37 ↓ -99%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $12.89 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $13.15 ↓ -99%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $13.67 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare HIX $14.00 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $14.52 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $18.16 ↓ -98%
Oscar HIX $18.81 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $19.46 ↓ -98%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $19.53 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $20.77 ↓ -98%
Aetna QHPExchange $23.86 ↓ -98%
Cigna CSN $26.50 ↓ -97%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $28.70 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBPOS $31.73 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBPPO $31.73 ↓ -97%
Aetna NBHMO $31.73 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMHMO $33.71 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMPOS $33.71 ↓ -97%
Aetna COMMPPO $33.71 ↓ -97%
Cigna PPO $34.15 ↓ -97%
Aetna OONPPO $39.60 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONHMO $39.60 ↓ -96%
Aetna OONPOS $39.60 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASAPOS $42.82 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASAHMO $42.82 ↓ -96%
Aetna ASAPPO $42.82 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $62.89 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $62.89 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $62.89 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $62.89 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $62.89 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $86.99 ↓ -92%
Humana HMO $86.99 ↓ -92%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $173.98 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $176.08 ↓ -83%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $286.13 ↓ -73%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $366.83 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $366.83 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $366.83 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $450.68 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $471.64 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $471.64 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $471.64 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $558.63 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $576.45 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $576.45 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $628.85 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $628.85 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $628.85 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $681.26 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $786.07 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $859.43 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $890.88 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $890.88 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $890.88 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $890.88 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $943.28 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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