Cryopreservation embryo(s) 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.

$656.15 with United vs $3,374.02 with Aetna — 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
United AllPayerAppendix $656.15
United SmallGroup $656.15
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $656.15
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,268.96
BCBS BAV $1,400.89
BCBS HMO $1,752.68
BCBS EPOSOA $1,878.32
Aetna QHPExchange $1,880.09
BCBS PPO $2,003.96
Cigna CSN $2,185.48
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,367.18
Aetna NBHMO $2,500.28
Aetna NBPOS $2,500.28
Aetna NBPPO $2,500.28
Aetna COMMPPO $2,656.31
Aetna COMMHMO $2,656.31
Aetna COMMPOS $2,656.31
Cigna PPO $2,816.39
Aetna OONHMO $3,120.48
Aetna OONPPO $3,120.48
Aetna OONPOS $3,120.48
Aetna ASAHMO $3,374.02
Aetna ASAPOS $3,374.02
Aetna ASAPPO $3,374.02
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Cryopreservation embryo(s) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,500.00 $12.00 – $2,250.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $326.15 $12.00 – $2,130.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,500.00 $12.00 – $2,250.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,500.00 $8.00 – $2,250.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $326.15 $12.00 – $2,130.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $1,500.00 $300.00 – $2,130.15
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $1,500.00 $12.00 – $2,250.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - PFLUGERVILLE Suite 100 $326.15 $12.00 – $3,247.79

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