Dextrose 5 % and lactated ringers intravenous solution 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

$370.65

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$370.65

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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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$9.70 with BCBS vs $333.58 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9.70 ↓ -97%
United SmallGroup $9.98 ↓ -97%
United AllPayerAppendix $9.98 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $9.98 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $13.37 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $13.37 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $13.37 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $16.68 ↓ -95%
Cigna CSN $19.70 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $21.33 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $22.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $22.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $22.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $22.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $22.24 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $24.57 ↓ -93%
Cigna PPO $25.40 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $48.18 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $48.18 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $48.18 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $48.18 ↓ -87%
Humana HMO $49.58 ↓ -87%
Humana PPO $49.58 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $51.89 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $51.89 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $61.53 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $62.27 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $64.86 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $64.86 ↓ -83%
Superior ValueHMO $73.39 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $87.84 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $87.84 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $100.08 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $111.19 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $129.73 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $148.26 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $159.38 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $166.79 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $197.56 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $203.86 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $203.86 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $222.39 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $222.39 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $222.39 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $240.92 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $277.99 ↓ -25%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $296.52 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $303.93 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $315.05 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $315.05 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $315.05 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $315.05 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $333.58 ↓ -10%

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Dextrose 5 % and lactated ringers intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $137.39 $19.06 – $19.06
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $389.04 $9.70 – $49.58
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $47.27 $18.51 – $22.61
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING $354.45 $9.70 – $49.58
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $10.11 $0.59 – $2.64
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $18.22 $5.45 – $40.61
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $10.11 $0.59 – $2.64
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $10.11 $0.59 – $2.64

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