Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler 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

$18,772.48

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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$18,772.48

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 $16,895.23 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%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -97%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STAR $1,126.35 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $1,126.35 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $1,126.35 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $1,126.35 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $1,126.35 ↓ -94%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,593.12 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $1,756.52 ↓ -91%
BCBS PPO $2,199.05 ↓ -88%
BCBS EPOSOA $2,199.05 ↓ -88%
BCBS HMO $2,199.05 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $2,440.42 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $2,440.42 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $2,440.42 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $2,440.42 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $2,628.15 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $2,628.15 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $2,778.33 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $3,003.60 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $3,116.23 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $3,153.78 ↓ -83%
Cigna PPO $3,566.77 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $3,660.63 ↓ -81%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4,449.08 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4,449.08 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $4,786.98 ↓ -75%
Aetna QHPExchange $4,974.71 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $5,124.89 ↓ -73%
Humana HMO $5,990.30 ↓ -68%
Humana PPO $5,990.30 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $6,025.97 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $6,025.97 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $6,025.97 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMPPO $6,420.19 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMHMO $6,420.19 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $6,420.19 ↓ -66%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $6,570.37 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $6,570.37 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $6,570.37 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $7,508.99 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $7,508.99 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $7,527.76 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $7,527.76 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $7,527.76 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $8,072.17 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $8,128.48 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $8,128.48 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $8,128.48 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $8,447.62 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $8,447.62 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $8,447.62 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $10,005.73 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $10,324.86 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $10,324.86 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $11,263.49 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $11,263.49 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $11,263.49 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $12,202.11 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $14,079.36 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $15,393.43 ↓ -18%
USA Managed Care COMM $15,956.61 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $15,956.61 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $15,956.61 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $15,956.61 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $16,895.23 ↓ -10%

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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d complete w/contrast or without & w/contrast with doppler at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $12,383.32 $1,593.12 – $1,593.12
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $4,974.84 $1,593.12 – $1,593.12
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $2,850.54 $2,321.60 – $2,321.60
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $3,150.00 $100.00 – $9,000.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $1,356.90 $100.00 – $8,141.40
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $3,150.00 $100.00 – $9,000.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $3,150.00 $100.00 – $9,000.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $3,150.00 $100.00 – $9,000.00

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