Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) 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

$19,964.77

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.

$19,964.77

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.

$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $17,968.29 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 Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $317.09 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $349.62 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $437.70 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $437.70 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $437.70 ↓ -98%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -97%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,197.89 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,197.89 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,197.89 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1,197.89 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $1,197.89 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $1,268.54 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $1,268.54 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $2,595.42 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $2,595.42 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $2,595.42 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $2,595.42 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $2,795.07 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $2,795.07 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $2,954.79 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3,194.36 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $3,314.15 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $3,354.08 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $3,793.31 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $3,893.13 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4,731.65 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4,731.65 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,091.02 ↓ -74%
Aetna QHPExchange $5,290.66 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $5,450.38 ↓ -73%
Aetna NBPPO $6,408.69 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $6,408.69 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $6,408.69 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPOS $6,827.95 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $6,827.95 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $6,827.95 ↓ -66%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $6,987.67 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $6,987.67 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $6,987.67 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $7,985.91 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $7,985.91 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $8,005.87 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $8,005.87 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $8,005.87 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $8,584.85 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $8,644.75 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $8,644.75 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $8,644.75 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $8,984.15 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $8,984.15 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $8,984.15 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $10,641.22 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $10,980.62 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $10,980.62 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $11,978.86 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $11,978.86 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $11,978.86 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $12,977.10 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $14,973.58 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $16,371.11 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $16,970.05 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $16,970.05 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $16,970.05 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $16,970.05 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $17,968.29 ↓ -10%

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Echocardiogram (Heart Ultrasound) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $3,328.88 $521.71 – $521.71
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $2,589.56 $416.02 – $3,236.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $2,589.56 $409.24 – $3,884.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $2,589.56 $409.24 – $3,236.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $2,589.56 $317.09 – $3,236.95
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $2,589.56 $500.03 – $3,884.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $2,589.56 $1,337.94 – $3,884.34
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $2,589.56 $409.24 – $3,884.34

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