Echo exam of eye 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.

$66.80 with Texas Health Network vs $756.98 with Humana — 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 $66.80
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $67.16
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $67.16
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $67.16
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $67.16
Amerigroup MGMCD $68.16
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $68.16
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $68.16
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $68.16
United MGMCD $68.50
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $72.53
Molina Healthcare STAR $74.98
Molina Healthcare CHIP $74.98
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $74.98
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $74.98
Humana MCD $85.20
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00
Aetna QHPExchange $218.84
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18
United SmallGroup $245.18
BCBS BAV $249.94
Aetna NBHMO $290.86
Aetna NBPOS $290.86
Aetna NBPPO $290.86
Aetna COMMPOS $309.41
Aetna COMMPPO $309.41
Aetna COMMHMO $309.41
Aetna OONPPO $363.81
Aetna OONHMO $363.81
Aetna OONPOS $363.81
BCBS HMO $381.07
Aetna ASAPPO $393.18
Aetna ASAHMO $393.18
Aetna ASAPOS $393.18
BCBS EPOSOA $395.64
BCBS PPO $409.09
Humana PPO $756.98
Humana HMO $756.98

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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $401.77 $82.70 – $602.66
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $421.57 $68.16 – $526.96
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $421.57 $68.16 – $632.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER HILLCREST Waco $401.77 $68.16 – $502.21
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MCLANE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER Temple $401.77 $68.16 – $602.66
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