Creatine - sendout 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

$400.89

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.

$400.89

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.

$3.82 with Texas Health Network vs $340.76 with Multiplan — 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 $3.82 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $3.90 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $3.90 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $3.90 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $3.90 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $3.90 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $3.90 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $3.90 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $3.90 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $3.98 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $4.21 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $4.29 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $4.29 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $4.29 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $4.29 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $4.55 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $4.62 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $4.64 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $4.64 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.64 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $4.64 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $4.64 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $4.64 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $4.64 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $4.64 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.64 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.64 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.64 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.64 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $4.64 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $4.64 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.64 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.64 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.64 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $4.64 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $4.64 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $4.68 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $4.69 ↓ -99%
United MCR $4.73 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $4.78 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $4.78 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $4.78 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $4.78 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $4.78 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $4.78 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $4.87 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $4.87 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $4.87 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $4.87 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $4.87 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $4.87 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $4.87 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $4.87 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $4.87 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $4.88 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $4.92 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $4.92 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $4.92 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $4.92 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $4.92 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.02 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5.02 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $5.06 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.57 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $6.03 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $6.73 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $6.73 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $7.19 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $7.19 ↓ -98%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $8.82 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.19 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9.37 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $9.74 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $9.98 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $10.35 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $12.95 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $13.41 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $13.87 ↓ -97%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $13.89 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $14.80 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $17.01 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $19.53 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $21.15 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBHMO $22.63 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPPO $22.63 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPOS $22.63 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMHMO $24.04 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPOS $24.04 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $24.04 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $24.05 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $24.05 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $24.05 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $24.05 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $24.05 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $25.17 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPOS $28.24 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPPO $28.24 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONHMO $28.24 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPOS $30.53 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAHMO $30.53 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPPO $30.53 ↓ -92%
Humana HMO $61.89 ↓ -85%
Humana PPO $61.89 ↓ -85%
United OptionsPPO $80.98 ↓ -80%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $109.44 ↓ -73%
BCBS Traditional $140.31 ↓ -65%
United GlobalAppendix $180.40 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $213.67 ↓ -47%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $300.67 ↓ -25%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $340.76 ↓ -15%
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