Culture bact stool aero addl path ea 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

$363.85

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.

$363.85

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.

$7.77 with Texas Health Network vs $146.22 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 $7.77 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $7.93 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $7.93 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $7.93 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $7.93 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $7.93 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $7.93 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $7.93 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $7.93 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $8.09 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $8.56 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $8.72 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $8.72 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $8.72 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $8.72 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $9.25 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $9.39 ↓ -97%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $9.44 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $9.44 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.44 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $9.44 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.44 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $9.44 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $9.44 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $9.44 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $9.44 ↓ -97%
Devoted Health MGMCR $9.44 ↓ -97%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $9.44 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup DualEligible $9.44 ↓ -97%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $9.44 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $9.44 ↓ -97%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $9.44 ↓ -97%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.44 ↓ -97%
BCBS MCRPPO $9.44 ↓ -97%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $9.44 ↓ -97%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $9.44 ↓ -97%
Aetna MCR $9.52 ↓ -97%
Van Lang IPA MCR $9.53 ↓ -97%
United MCR $9.63 ↓ -97%
WellCare SNP $9.72 ↓ -97%
WellCare MCRHMO $9.72 ↓ -97%
WellCare PFFS $9.72 ↓ -97%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $9.72 ↓ -97%
WellCare POS $9.72 ↓ -97%
WellCare PPO $9.72 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $9.75 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $9.75 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STAR $9.75 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $9.75 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $9.75 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $9.91 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $9.91 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $9.91 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MGMCR $9.91 ↓ -97%
Shared Health MGMCR $9.91 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $9.91 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $9.91 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $9.91 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $9.91 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $9.91 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $10.01 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $10.01 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $10.01 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $10.01 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $10.01 ↓ -97%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $10.22 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $10.22 ↓ -97%
Molina MGMCR $10.29 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $11.33 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MCR $12.27 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice HIX $13.69 ↓ -96%
Superior ValueHMO $13.69 ↓ -96%
Superior EPO $14.63 ↓ -96%
Superior HMO $14.63 ↓ -96%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $17.94 ↓ -95%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $18.69 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $19.07 ↓ -95%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $19.82 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare HIX $20.30 ↓ -94%
BCBS BAV $21.05 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $26.34 ↓ -93%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $26.97 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $27.28 ↓ -93%
United OptionsPPO $27.29 ↓ -92%
BCBS EPOSOA $28.23 ↓ -92%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $28.33 ↓ -92%
BCBS PPO $30.11 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $34.56 ↓ -91%
Cigna CSN $39.01 ↓ -89%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $42.26 ↓ -88%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $44.35 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBHMO $45.96 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPPO $45.96 ↓ -87%
Aetna NBPOS $45.96 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPOS $48.83 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMPPO $48.83 ↓ -87%
Aetna COMMHMO $48.83 ↓ -87%
Cigna PPO $50.28 ↓ -86%
BCBS Traditional $56.86 ↓ -84%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $56.86 ↓ -84%
Imagine Health PPO $56.86 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONPOS $57.36 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONHMO $57.36 ↓ -84%
Aetna OONPPO $57.36 ↓ -84%
Aetna ASAHMO $62.02 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPPO $62.02 ↓ -83%
Aetna ASAPOS $62.02 ↓ -83%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $69.86 ↓ -81%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $73.11 ↓ -80%
Averde Health Commercial $73.11 ↓ -80%
United GlobalAppendix $73.11 ↓ -80%
Coventry National First Health COMM $86.60 ↓ -76%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $89.36 ↓ -75%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $89.36 ↓ -75%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $97.48 ↓ -73%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $97.48 ↓ -73%
Independent Medical System COMM $97.48 ↓ -73%
Coastal Comp COMM $105.61 ↓ -71%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $121.85 ↓ -67%
Humana PPO $126.16 ↓ -65%
Humana HMO $126.16 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $133.23 ↓ -63%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $138.10 ↓ -62%
Physicians, INC COMM $138.10 ↓ -62%
USA Managed Care COMM $138.10 ↓ -62%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $138.10 ↓ -62%
Affiliated PPO COMM $146.22 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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