CT lower extremity without contrast (both sides) 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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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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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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$102.66 with Texas Health Network vs $6,024.60 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

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 $102.66
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $104.75
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $104.75
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $104.75
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $106.88
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $106.88
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $106.88
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $106.88
United MGMCD $109.02
Molina Healthcare CHIP $115.23
Molina Healthcare STAR $115.23
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $115.23
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $115.23
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $115.43
Humana MCD $130.94
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
BCBS MyBlueHealth $243.21
United SmallGroup $245.18
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
BCBS BAV $277.96
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $372.19
Superior Health Plan CHIP $372.19
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $372.19
Superior Health Plan STAR $372.19
Superior Health Plan STARKids $372.19
BCBS HMO $422.54
BCBS EPOSOA $460.65
BCBS PPO $498.76
Aetna QHPExchange $725.00
Aetna NBHMO $963.00
Aetna NBPPO $963.00
Aetna NBPOS $963.00
Aetna COMMHMO $1,024.00
Aetna COMMPPO $1,024.00
Aetna COMMPOS $1,024.00
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,111.20
United OptionsPPO $1,124.59
Aetna OONHMO $1,203.00
Aetna OONPOS $1,203.00
Aetna OONPPO $1,203.00
Aetna ASAPOS $1,301.00
Aetna ASAPPO $1,301.00
Aetna ASAHMO $1,301.00
Cigna CSN $1,635.00
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,771.00
Cigna PPO $2,106.00
BCBS Traditional $2,171.10
Humana PPO $2,273.14
Humana HMO $2,273.14
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,481.25
United GlobalAppendix $2,791.41
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,878.42
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $3,012.30
Coventry National First Health COMM $3,306.27
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $3,681.70
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $3,681.70
Independent Medical System COMM $4,016.40
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $4,016.40
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $4,016.40
Coastal Comp COMM $4,351.10
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $4,652.35
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $5,272.66
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $5,489.08
USA Managed Care COMM $5,689.90
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $5,689.90
Physicians, INC COMM $5,689.90
Affiliated PPO COMM $6,024.60

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CT lower extremity without contrast (both sides) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $3,692.90 $522.29 – $522.29
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,715.36 $99.77 – $2,144.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,398.82 $141.23 – $2,098.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $1,890.36 $99.77 – $2,362.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $1,715.36 $99.77 – $2,144.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $1,398.82 $99.77 – $2,098.22
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,398.82 $104.75 – $2,181.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $1,890.36 $99.77 – $2,835.54

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