Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping 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

$3,375.86

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.

$3,375.86

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.

$52.28 with BCBS vs $3,038.27 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $52.28 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $57.64 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $72.16 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $72.16 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $72.16 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $202.55 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $202.55 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $202.55 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $202.55 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $202.55 ↓ -94%
Humana HMO $210.48 ↓ -94%
Humana PPO $210.48 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $223.82 ↓ -93%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $438.86 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $438.86 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $438.86 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $438.86 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $472.62 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $472.62 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $499.63 ↓ -85%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $540.14 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $560.39 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $567.14 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $590.78 ↓ -82%
Superior HMO $590.78 ↓ -82%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $641.41 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $658.29 ↓ -81%
Superior ValueHMO $668.42 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $800.08 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $800.08 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $860.84 ↓ -75%
Aetna QHPExchange $894.60 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $911.48 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $921.61 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $1,012.76 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBPOS $1,083.65 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $1,083.65 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $1,083.65 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,154.54 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,154.54 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,154.54 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $1,181.55 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $1,181.55 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $1,181.55 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,350.34 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,350.34 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $1,353.72 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $1,353.72 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $1,353.72 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,451.62 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,461.75 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,461.75 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,461.75 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $1,519.14 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,519.14 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,519.14 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,799.33 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,856.72 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,856.72 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,025.52 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $2,025.52 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,025.52 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $2,194.31 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,531.89 ↓ -25%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $2,700.69 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $2,768.21 ↓ -18%
USA Managed Care COMM $2,869.48 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $2,869.48 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $2,869.48 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $2,869.48 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,038.27 ↓ -10%

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Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $649.89 $86.01 – $86.01
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $702.59 $68.58 – $995.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $640.45 $67.47 – $960.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $745.70 $67.47 – $932.13
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $702.59 $52.28 – $995.33
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $640.45 $82.43 – $960.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $640.45 $330.90 – $960.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $745.70 $67.47 – $1,118.56

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