Echo tte 2d comp wo ctrst wo clr/dplr 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

$4,208.23

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.

$4,208.23

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.

$133.93 with Texas Health Network vs $3,577.00 with Multiplan — 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 $133.93 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $136.66 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $136.66 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $140.68 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $140.68 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $140.68 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $140.68 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $143.49 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $150.33 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STAR $150.33 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $150.33 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $150.33 ↓ -96%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $151.93 ↓ -96%
Humana MCD $170.82 ↓ -96%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $226.86 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $250.13 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $252.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $252.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $252.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $252.49 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $252.49 ↓ -94%
BCBS PPO $313.15 ↓ -93%
BCBS HMO $313.15 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $313.15 ↓ -93%
Cigna CSN $622.82 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $673.32 ↓ -84%
Cigna PPO $799.56 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $820.60 ↓ -81%
United OptionsPPO $850.06 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $907.28 ↓ -78%
Humana PPO $907.28 ↓ -78%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,073.10 ↓ -74%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,115.18 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,148.85 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBHMO $1,350.84 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $1,350.84 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $1,350.84 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,439.21 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,439.21 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,439.21 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $1,472.88 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,683.29 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,683.29 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $1,687.50 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $1,687.50 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $1,687.50 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,822.16 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,822.16 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,822.16 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $1,893.70 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,242.99 ↓ -47%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $3,156.17 ↓ -25%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $3,577.00 ↓ -15%

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Echo tte 2d comp wo ctrst wo clr/dplr at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $1,806.55 $135.33 – $2,258.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $1,649.11 $292.79 – $2,473.66
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $1,649.11 $135.33 – $2,473.66
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