Enzyme histochemistry 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

$737.37

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.

$737.37

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.

$11.50 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,003.96 with BCBS — 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
Superior Health Plan STAR $11.50 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $11.50 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $11.50 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $11.50 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $11.50 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $24.91 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $24.91 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $24.91 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $24.91 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $37.36 ↓ -95%
United OptionsPPO $38.70 ↓ -95%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $48.86 ↓ -93%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $52.30 ↓ -93%
BCBS Traditional $67.06 ↓ -91%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $76.64 ↓ -90%
United GlobalAppendix $86.22 ↓ -88%
Coventry National First Health COMM $102.12 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $103.23 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $103.23 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $122.40 ↓ -83%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $143.69 ↓ -81%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $162.85 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $174.76 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $174.76 ↓ -76%
Imagine Health PPO $258.08 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $258.08 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $317.07 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $331.82 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $331.82 ↓ -55%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $405.55 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $405.55 ↓ -45%
Aetna QHPExchange $434.04 ↓ -41%
Independent Medical System COMM $442.42 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $442.42 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $442.42 ↓ -40%
Cigna CSN $453.87 ↓ -38%
Coastal Comp COMM $479.29 ↓ -35%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $491.61 ↓ -33%
Aetna NBPOS $577.22 ↓ -22%
Aetna NBHMO $577.22 ↓ -22%
Aetna NBPPO $577.22 ↓ -22%
Cigna PPO $584.90 ↓ -21%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $604.64 ↓ -18%
Aetna COMMHMO $613.24 ↓ -17%
Aetna COMMPOS $613.24 ↓ -17%
Aetna COMMPPO $613.24 ↓ -17%
USA Managed Care COMM $626.76 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $626.76 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $626.76 ↓ -15%
Humana PPO $627.88 ↓ -15%
Humana HMO $627.88 ↓ -15%
United SmallGroup $656.15 ↓ -11%
United AllPayerAppendix $656.15 ↓ -11%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $656.15 ↓ -11%
Affiliated PPO COMM $663.63 ↓ -10%
Aetna OONPPO $720.40 ↓ -2%
Aetna OONHMO $720.40 ↓ -2%
Aetna OONPOS $720.40 ↓ -2%
Aetna ASAHMO $778.93 ↑ +6%
Aetna ASAPPO $778.93 ↑ +6%
Aetna ASAPOS $778.93 ↑ +6%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,268.96 ↑ +72%
BCBS BAV $1,400.89 ↑ +90%
BCBS HMO $1,752.68 ↑ +138%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,878.32 ↑ +155%
BCBS PPO $2,003.96 ↑ +172%
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