Echo transthoracic 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

$1,456.33

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.

$1,456.33

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.

$87.38 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,310.70 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
Superior Health Plan CHIP $87.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $87.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $87.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $87.38 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $87.38 ↓ -94%
Texas Health Network MCD $152.27 ↓ -90%
Amerigroup MGMCD $155.38 ↓ -89%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $155.38 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $159.71 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $159.71 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $159.71 ↓ -89%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $159.71 ↓ -89%
United MGMCD $162.90 ↓ -89%
Molina Healthcare STAR $170.92 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $170.92 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $170.92 ↓ -88%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $170.92 ↓ -88%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $172.49 ↓ -88%
Humana MCD $194.22 ↓ -87%
Cigna CSN $215.54 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $233.01 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $241.75 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $244.66 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $276.70 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $283.98 ↓ -81%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $294.33 ↓ -80%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -79%
BCBS BAV $324.51 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $345.15 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $345.15 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $371.36 ↓ -75%
Aetna QHPExchange $385.93 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $397.58 ↓ -73%
BCBS PPO $406.27 ↓ -72%
BCBS EPOSOA $406.27 ↓ -72%
BCBS HMO $406.27 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBPOS $467.48 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $467.48 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $467.48 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPPO $498.06 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $498.06 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $498.06 ↓ -66%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -66%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $509.72 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $509.72 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $509.72 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $582.53 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $582.53 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $583.99 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $583.99 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $583.99 ↓ -60%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -59%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $626.22 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $630.59 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $630.59 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $630.59 ↓ -57%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $655.35 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $655.35 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $655.35 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $776.22 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $800.98 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $800.98 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $873.80 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $873.80 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $873.80 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $946.61 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,092.25 ↓ -25%
Humana PPO $1,157.21 ↓ -21%
Humana HMO $1,157.21 ↓ -21%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,194.19 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,237.88 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,237.88 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,237.88 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,237.88 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,310.70 ↓ -10%

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