Exchange drainage catheter 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

$21,006.96

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.

$21,006.96

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 $19,289.00 with Cigna — 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 ↓ -99%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -98%
Texas Health Network MCD $553.67 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $593.22 ↓ -97%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $606.24 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $621.47 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STAR $621.47 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $621.47 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $621.47 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $632.77 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $632.77 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $632.77 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $632.77 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $706.21 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $713.22 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,430.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPOS $1,899.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna NBHMO $1,899.00 ↓ -91%
WellMed MGMCR $1,937.29 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,017.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,017.00 ↓ -90%
United SmallGroup $2,030.00 ↓ -90%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,115.00 ↓ -90%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $2,130.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPPO $2,181.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,317.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONHMO $2,374.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna OONPOS $2,374.00 ↓ -89%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,431.00 ↓ -88%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,434.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,564.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,564.00 ↓ -88%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,613.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONPPO $2,727.00 ↓ -87%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2,772.17 ↓ -87%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,900.00 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $2,940.97 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,947.00 ↓ -86%
Oscar HIX $2,979.00 ↓ -86%
BCBS BAV $3,052.50 ↓ -85%
BCBS HMO $3,223.82 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $3,487.16 ↓ -83%
BCBS EPOSOA $3,504.15 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $3,529.17 ↓ -83%
BCBS PPO $3,768.91 ↓ -82%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $4,255.00 ↓ -80%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -78%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -78%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4,978.65 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4,978.65 ↓ -76%
BCBS Traditional $7,352.44 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $8,402.78 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $9,032.99 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $9,453.13 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $11,196.71 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $11,553.83 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $11,553.83 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $12,604.18 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $12,604.18 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $12,604.18 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $13,654.52 ↓ -35%
Cigna CSN $14,974.00 ↓ -29%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $15,755.22 ↓ -25%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $16,223.00 ↓ -23%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $17,225.71 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $17,855.92 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $17,855.92 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $17,855.92 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $17,855.92 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $18,906.26 ↓ -10%
Cigna PPO $19,289.00 ↓ -8%

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