Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report 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.

$231.18 with Texas Health Network vs $4,287.98 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 $231.18
Amerigroup MGMCD $235.90
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $235.90
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $241.58
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $241.58
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $241.58
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $241.58
United MGMCD $246.41
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $259.49
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $259.49
Molina Healthcare CHIP $259.49
Molina Healthcare STAR $259.49
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $260.91
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $285.87
Superior Health Plan CHIP $285.87
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $285.87
Superior Health Plan STAR $285.87
Superior Health Plan STARKids $285.87
Humana MCD $294.88
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00
BCBS MyBlueHealth $325.52
BCBS BAV $358.90
BCBS EPOSOA $449.33
BCBS HMO $449.33
BCBS PPO $449.33
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00
Cigna CSN $705.13
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $762.31
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $790.89
United OptionsPPO $800.42
Cigna PPO $905.24
Oscar HIX $929.06
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $1,129.17
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $1,129.17
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,214.93
Aetna QHPExchange $1,262.57
Humana HMO $1,288.31
Humana PPO $1,288.31
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,300.69
Aetna NBPPO $1,529.38
Aetna NBHMO $1,529.38
Aetna NBPOS $1,529.38
Aetna COMMPPO $1,629.43
Aetna COMMHMO $1,629.43
Aetna COMMPOS $1,629.43
BCBS Traditional $1,667.55
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $1,667.55
Imagine Health PPO $1,667.55
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,905.77
Curative Administrators COMM $1,905.77
Aetna OONPOS $1,910.53
Aetna OONPPO $1,910.53
Aetna OONHMO $1,910.53
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,048.70
Aetna ASAPPO $2,062.99
Aetna ASAPOS $2,062.99
Aetna ASAHMO $2,062.99
Averde Health Commercial $2,143.99
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,143.99
United GlobalAppendix $2,143.99
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,539.44
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,620.43
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,620.43
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,858.65
Independent Medical System COMM $2,858.65
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,858.65
Coastal Comp COMM $3,096.87
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $3,573.32
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,906.82
USA Managed Care COMM $4,049.76
Physicians, INC COMM $4,049.76
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $4,049.76
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $4,049.76
Affiliated PPO COMM $4,287.98

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Echo tee probe placement image acquisition interpretation & report at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $6,224.83 $535.57 – $535.57
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,798.47 $232.89 – $3,498.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,872.38 $420.11 – $4,308.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,974.04 $232.89 – $3,717.55
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,798.47 $232.89 – $3,498.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,872.38 $249.19 – $4,308.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,872.38 $232.89 – $4,308.57
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,974.04 $232.89 – $4,461.07

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