#fecal-sodium 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

$283.36

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.

$283.36

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.

$4.00 with Texas Health Network vs $255.02 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
Texas Health Network MCD $4.00 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $4.08 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $4.08 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $4.08 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $4.08 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4.08 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4.08 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $4.08 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $4.08 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $4.16 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $4.41 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $4.49 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $4.49 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $4.49 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $4.49 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $4.76 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $4.84 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $4.86 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $4.86 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.86 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $4.86 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $4.86 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $4.86 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $4.86 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $4.86 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $4.86 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $4.86 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $4.86 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $4.86 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $4.86 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $4.86 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $4.86 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $4.86 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $4.86 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $4.86 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $4.86 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $4.90 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $4.91 ↓ -98%
United MCR $4.96 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $5.01 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $5.01 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $5.01 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $5.01 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $5.01 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $5.01 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $5.10 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $5.10 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $5.10 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $5.10 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $5.10 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $5.10 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $5.10 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $5.10 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $5.10 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $5.10 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $5.15 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $5.15 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $5.15 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $5.15 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $5.15 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $5.26 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $5.26 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $5.30 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $5.83 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $6.32 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $7.05 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $7.05 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $7.53 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $7.53 ↓ -97%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $9.23 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $9.62 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $9.82 ↓ -97%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $10.21 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $10.45 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $10.84 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $13.56 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $14.05 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $14.53 ↓ -95%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $14.58 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $15.50 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $17.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $17.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $17.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $17.00 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $17.00 ↓ -94%
Aetna QHPExchange $17.79 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $19.53 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $21.15 ↓ -93%
Aetna NBPOS $23.65 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPPO $23.65 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBHMO $23.65 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMHMO $25.13 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPOS $25.13 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPPO $25.13 ↓ -91%
Cigna PPO $25.17 ↓ -91%
Aetna OONPPO $29.52 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONHMO $29.52 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPOS $29.52 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAHMO $31.92 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPPO $31.92 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPOS $31.92 ↓ -89%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $47.04 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $47.60 ↓ -83%
Humana HMO $64.92 ↓ -77%
Humana PPO $64.92 ↓ -77%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $77.36 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $99.18 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $99.18 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $99.18 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $121.84 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $127.51 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $127.51 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $127.51 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $151.03 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $155.85 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $155.85 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $170.02 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $170.02 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $170.02 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $184.18 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $212.52 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $232.36 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $240.86 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $240.86 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $240.86 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $240.86 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $255.02 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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#fecal-sodium at other Texas hospitals

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $42.21 $4.08 – $16.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $52.72 $2.63 – $19.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $49.45 $4.08 – $16.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $42.21 $4.08 – $16.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $52.72 $4.37 – $19.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $52.72 $4.08 – $19.20
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $49.45 $4.08 – $19.20
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