Esophagus motility study at HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD
5324 ATASCOCITA RD, HUMBLE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1811942238
$2,508.67
Cash price 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.
$2,508.67
Gross charge 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.
$150.52 with Superior Health Plan vs $2,257.80 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superior Health Plan | STARPLUS | $150.52 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHIP | $150.52 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | CHPFC | $150.52 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STAR | $150.52 | ↓ -94% |
| Superior Health Plan | STARKids | $150.52 | ↓ -94% |
| BCBS | MyBlueHealth | $292.64 | ↓ -88% |
| Texas Athletic Network | Premier | $300.00 | ↓ -88% |
| BCBS | BAV | $322.65 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIP | $326.13 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR | $326.13 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | CHIPPerinatal | $326.13 | ↓ -87% |
| Community Health Choice MCD | STAR+PLUS | $326.13 | ↓ -87% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $351.21 | ↓ -86% |
| Amerigroup | MCDCHIPBH | $351.21 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | CSN | $371.28 | ↓ -85% |
| Cigna | OpenAccessPlus | $401.39 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | PPO | $403.94 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | HMO | $403.94 | ↓ -84% |
| BCBS | EPOSOA | $403.94 | ↓ -84% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | CHIP | $416.44 | ↓ -83% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $421.46 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | PPO | $476.65 | ↓ -81% |
| Texas Athletic Network | PremierPlus | $500.00 | ↓ -80% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STARKIDS | $594.55 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Childrens Health Plans | STAR | $594.55 | ↓ -76% |
| Texas Athletic Network | TexasCustomUC | $600.00 | ↓ -76% |
| Healthcare Highways | NarrowNetwork | $639.71 | ↓ -75% |
| Evry Health | BroadNetwork | $684.87 | ↓ -73% |
| Oscar | HIX | $729.07 | ↓ -71% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $878.03 | ↓ -65% |
| Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) | COMM | $878.03 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna | QHPExchange | $990.79 | ↓ -61% |
| Christus (USFHP) | TRICARE | $1,003.47 | ↓ -60% |
| Humana | PPO | $1,025.72 | ↓ -59% |
| Humana | HMO | $1,025.72 | ↓ -59% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCEL | $1,078.73 | ↓ -57% |
| United | SmallGroup | $1,120.00 | ↓ -55% |
| Fidelis SecureCare of TX | MGMCR | $1,128.90 | ↓ -55% |
| United | GlobalAppendix | $1,128.90 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | NBHMO | $1,200.16 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | NBPPO | $1,200.16 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | NBPOS | $1,200.16 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | COMMHMO | $1,278.68 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | COMMPPO | $1,278.68 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | COMMPOS | $1,278.68 | ↓ -49% |
| Coventry National First Health | COMM | $1,337.12 | ↓ -47% |
| Physicians Cooperative of Texas | WC | $1,379.77 | ↓ -45% |
| Rockport Workers Comp | COMM | $1,379.77 | ↓ -45% |
| Curative Administrators | COMM | $1,495.53 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | OONHMO | $1,499.27 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | OONPOS | $1,499.27 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | OONPPO | $1,499.27 | ↓ -40% |
| Independent Medical System | COMM | $1,505.20 | ↓ -40% |
| National Healthcare Solutions | COMM | $1,505.20 | ↓ -40% |
| SouthWest Medical | WORKERSCOMP | $1,505.20 | ↓ -40% |
| United | AllPayerAppendix | $1,600.00 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | ASAPPO | $1,618.91 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | ASAPOS | $1,618.91 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | ASAHMO | $1,618.91 | ↓ -35% |
| Coastal Comp | COMM | $1,630.64 | ↓ -35% |
| United | NarrowNetworkIndivExchange | $1,702.00 | ↓ -32% |
| Multiplan | PHCSPrimaryNetwork | $1,881.50 | ↓ -25% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | PPO | $2,057.11 | ↓ -18% |
| USA Managed Care | COMM | $2,132.37 | ↓ -15% |
| Multiplan | ComplementaryNetwork | $2,132.37 | ↓ -15% |
| Physicians, INC | COMM | $2,132.37 | ↓ -15% |
| HealthSmart Preferred Care | ACCOUNTABLEPPO | $2,132.37 | ↓ -15% |
| Affiliated PPO | COMM | $2,257.80 | ↓ -10% |
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Esophagus motility study at other Texas hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER | Dallas | $1,257.17 | $356.12 – $1,571.47 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM | Brenham | $1,153.75 | $237.48 – $1,730.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA | Suite 110 | $1,681.16 | $336.23 – $2,101.45 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL | Frisco | $1,257.17 | $292.64 – $1,571.47 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION | College Station | $1,153.75 | $356.12 – $1,730.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL | Temple | $1,153.75 | $596.10 – $1,730.62 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK | Cedar Park | $1,681.16 | $356.12 – $2,521.75 |
| BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH | Fort Worth | $1,257.17 | $335.25 – $1,571.47 |