Echo stress 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

$10,274.00

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.

$10,274.00

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.

$181.41 with Texas Health Network vs $9,246.60 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
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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 $181.41 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $185.11 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $185.11 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $188.45 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $188.45 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $188.45 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $188.45 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $192.22 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $203.53 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $203.62 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $203.62 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $203.62 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $203.62 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $231.39 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $277.45 ↓ -97%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $305.91 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $382.98 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $382.98 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $382.98 ↓ -96%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -95%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $616.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $616.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $616.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $616.44 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $616.44 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $1,271.85 ↓ -88%
Humana PPO $1,271.85 ↓ -88%
Cigna CSN $1,520.55 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1,643.84 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $1,705.48 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $1,726.03 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $1,952.06 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $2,003.43 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $2,434.94 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $2,434.94 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,619.87 ↓ -75%
Aetna QHPExchange $2,722.61 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,804.80 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $3,297.95 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $3,297.95 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $3,297.95 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPPO $3,513.71 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $3,513.71 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $3,513.71 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $3,595.90 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $3,595.90 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $3,595.90 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $4,109.60 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $4,109.60 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $4,119.87 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $4,119.87 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $4,119.87 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $4,417.82 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $4,448.64 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $4,448.64 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $4,448.64 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $4,623.30 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $4,623.30 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $4,623.30 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $5,476.04 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $5,650.70 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $5,650.70 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $6,164.40 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $6,164.40 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $6,164.40 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $6,678.10 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $7,705.50 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $8,424.68 ↓ -18%
USA Managed Care COMM $8,732.90 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $8,732.90 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $8,732.90 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $8,732.90 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $9,246.60 ↓ -10%

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