F-18 fdg pet diag 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

$3,768.75

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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.

$3,768.75

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.

$226.13 with Superior Health Plan vs $3,391.88 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
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $226.13 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $226.13 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $226.13 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $226.13 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $226.13 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $249.87 ↓ -93%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $382.20 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $489.94 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $489.94 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $489.94 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $489.94 ↓ -87%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -87%
BCBS EPOSOA $526.50 ↓ -86%
BCBS PPO $526.50 ↓ -86%
BCBS HMO $526.50 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $527.63 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $527.63 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $557.77 ↓ -85%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -84%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $603.00 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $625.61 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $633.15 ↓ -83%
BCBS BAV $657.15 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $659.53 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $659.53 ↓ -83%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $711.50 ↓ -81%
United SmallGroup $711.50 ↓ -81%
United AllPayerAppendix $711.50 ↓ -81%
Cigna PPO $716.06 ↓ -81%
Oscar HIX $734.91 ↓ -80%
Superior ValueHMO $746.21 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $893.19 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $893.19 ↓ -76%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $961.03 ↓ -75%
Molina Healthcare HIX $1,017.56 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,028.87 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $1,130.63 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBPOS $1,209.77 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $1,209.77 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPPO $1,209.77 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMHMO $1,288.91 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $1,288.91 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $1,288.91 ↓ -66%
Imagine Health PPO $1,319.06 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $1,319.06 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $1,319.06 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,507.50 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,507.50 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $1,511.27 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $1,511.27 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $1,511.27 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $1,620.56 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $1,631.87 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPPO $1,631.87 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $1,631.87 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $1,695.94 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $1,695.94 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $1,695.94 ↓ -55%
Humana PPO $1,899.30 ↓ -50%
Humana HMO $1,899.30 ↓ -50%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,008.74 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $2,072.81 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $2,072.81 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $2,261.25 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $2,261.25 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $2,261.25 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $2,449.69 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,826.56 ↓ -25%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $3,015.00 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $3,090.38 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $3,203.44 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $3,203.44 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $3,203.44 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $3,203.44 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $3,391.88 ↓ -10%

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $3,262.36 $382.20 – $1,899.30
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $1,325.37 $382.20 – $1,899.30
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St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $177.00 $100.00 – $1,062.00
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