Echocardiograpy doppler follow up/limited study 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

$4,087.58

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.

$4,087.58

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.

$46.38 with BCBS vs $3,678.82 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 $46.38 ↓ -99%
BCBS BAV $51.14 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $64.02 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $64.02 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $64.02 ↓ -98%
Humana PPO $187.50 ↓ -95%
Humana HMO $187.50 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $245.25 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $245.25 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $245.25 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $245.25 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $245.25 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $271.01 ↓ -93%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -93%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -88%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $531.39 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $531.39 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $531.39 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $531.39 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $572.26 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $572.26 ↓ -86%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -85%
Cigna CSN $604.96 ↓ -85%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $654.01 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $678.54 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $686.71 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $715.33 ↓ -82%
Superior EPO $715.33 ↓ -82%
Cigna PPO $776.64 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $797.08 ↓ -80%
Superior ValueHMO $809.34 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $968.76 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $968.76 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $1,042.33 ↓ -75%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,083.21 ↓ -73%
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,103.65 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,115.91 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $1,226.27 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBPOS $1,312.11 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $1,312.11 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $1,312.11 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,397.95 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,397.95 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,397.95 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $1,430.65 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $1,430.65 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $1,430.65 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,635.03 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,635.03 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $1,639.12 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $1,639.12 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $1,639.12 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,757.66 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,769.92 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,769.92 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,769.92 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $1,839.41 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $1,839.41 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,839.41 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,178.68 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,248.17 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,248.17 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,452.55 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $2,452.55 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,452.55 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $2,656.93 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $3,065.68 ↓ -25%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $3,270.06 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,351.82 ↓ -18%
USA Managed Care COMM $3,474.44 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $3,474.44 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $3,474.44 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $3,474.44 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,678.82 ↓ -10%

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