Cytog alys chrml abnr lw-ps 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.

$622.16 with BCBS vs $6,148.94 with Cigna — 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $622.16
BCBS BAV $686.84
BCBS HMO $859.32
BCBS EPOSOA $920.92
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $974.40
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $974.40
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $974.40
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $974.40
BCBS PPO $982.52
Texas Health Network MCD $986.14
United MGMCD $993.89
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,006.27
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,006.27
Amerigroup MGMCD $1,006.27
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $1,006.27
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $1,052.35
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $1,106.90
Molina Healthcare STAR $1,106.90
Molina Healthcare CHIP $1,106.90
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $1,106.90
United SmallGroup $1,160.00
United AllPayerAppendix $1,160.00
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,160.00
Oscar MGMCR $1,173.98
WellMed MGMCR $1,191.95
Devoted Health MGMCR $1,197.94
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $1,197.94
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $1,197.94
Amerigroup DualEligible $1,197.94
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $1,197.94
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $1,197.94
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $1,197.94
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $1,197.94
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $1,197.94
BCBS MCRPPO $1,197.94
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $1,197.94
CHC Harris Health Indigent $1,197.94
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $1,197.94
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $1,197.94
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $1,197.94
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $1,197.94
Aetna MCR $1,208.12
Van Lang IPA MCR $1,209.92
United MCR $1,221.90
WellCare SNP $1,233.88
WellCare POS $1,233.88
WellCare MCRHMO $1,233.88
WellCare PPO $1,233.88
WellCare PFFS $1,233.88
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $1,233.88
Superior Health Plan PFFS $1,257.84
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $1,257.84
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $1,257.84
Shared Health MGMCR $1,257.84
American Health Plan MGMCR $1,257.84
Humana MCD $1,257.84
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $1,257.84
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $1,257.84
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $1,257.84
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $1,257.84
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $1,269.82
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $1,269.82
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $1,269.82
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $1,269.82
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $1,269.82
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,296.53
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $1,296.53
Molina MGMCR $1,305.75
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $1,437.53
Verda Health Plan MCR $1,557.32
Community Health Choice HIX $1,737.01
Superior ValueHMO $1,737.01
Superior HMO $1,856.81
Superior EPO $1,856.81
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $2,276.09
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $2,371.92
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $2,515.67
Molina Healthcare HIX $2,575.57
Oscar HIX $3,462.05
Cigna CSN $4,771.49
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $5,168.19
Cigna PPO $6,148.94
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Cytog alys chrml abnr lw-ps at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas not published $1,078.15 – $1,185.80
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $622.16 – $4,771.49
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $622.16 – $4,771.49
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $1,342.88 – $1,342.88
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $622.16 – $4,771.49
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $622.16 – $4,771.49
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $622.16 – $4,771.49
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $622.16 – $4,771.49

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