Echograp trans r pros 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

$1,794.95

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.

$1,794.95

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.

$102.66 with Texas Health Network vs $1,682.86 with Humana — 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 $102.66 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $104.75 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $104.75 ↓ -94%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $104.75 ↓ -94%
Amerigroup MGMCD $104.75 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $106.88 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $106.88 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $106.88 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $106.88 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $107.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $107.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $107.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $107.70 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $107.70 ↓ -94%
United MGMCD $109.02 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $115.23 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $115.23 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $115.23 ↓ -94%
Molina Healthcare STAR $115.23 ↓ -94%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $115.43 ↓ -94%
Humana MCD $130.94 ↓ -93%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $170.63 ↓ -90%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 ↓ -88%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00 ↓ -88%
BCBS BAV $216.20 ↓ -88%
United SmallGroup $245.18 ↓ -86%
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 ↓ -86%
BCBS HMO $329.63 ↓ -82%
BCBS EPOSOA $342.23 ↓ -81%
BCBS PPO $353.87 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $362.58 ↓ -80%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $490.02 ↓ -73%
Aetna QHPExchange $587.29 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $628.23 ↓ -65%
Curative Administrators COMM $717.98 ↓ -60%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $717.98 ↓ -60%
Aetna NBHMO $780.56 ↓ -57%
Aetna NBPOS $780.56 ↓ -57%
Aetna NBPPO $780.56 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $807.73 ↓ -55%
Aetna COMMPOS $830.33 ↓ -54%
Aetna COMMHMO $830.33 ↓ -54%
Aetna COMMPPO $830.33 ↓ -54%
Coventry National First Health COMM $956.71 ↓ -47%
Aetna OONPPO $976.32 ↓ -46%
Aetna OONHMO $976.32 ↓ -46%
Aetna OONPOS $976.32 ↓ -46%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,055.12 ↓ -41%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,055.12 ↓ -41%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,055.12 ↓ -41%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,346.21 ↓ -25%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,525.71 ↓ -15%
Humana HMO $1,682.86 ↓ -6%
Humana PPO $1,682.86 ↓ -6%

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