Fl exam g/colon tube w contrast 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

$1,267.23

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.

$1,267.23

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.

$164.74 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $5,841.00 with Healthcare Highways — 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $164.74 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $164.74 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $164.74 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $164.74 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $177.41 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $177.41 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $210.36 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $212.89 ↓ -83%
WellMed MGMCR $240.89 ↓ -81%
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $300.33 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $300.33 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $345.95 ↓ -73%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $414.81 ↓ -67%
BCBS Traditional $443.53 ↓ -65%
BCBS BAV $456.76 ↓ -64%
BCBS HMO $482.39 ↓ -62%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -61%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $506.89 ↓ -60%
BCBS EPOSOA $524.34 ↓ -59%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $544.91 ↓ -57%
BCBS PPO $563.96 ↓ -55%
United GlobalAppendix $570.25 ↓ -55%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -53%
Coventry National First Health COMM $675.43 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $696.98 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $696.98 ↓ -45%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $760.34 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $760.34 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $760.34 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $823.70 ↓ -35%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -25%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -25%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -25%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -25%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $950.42 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,039.13 ↓ -18%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,077.15 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,077.15 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,077.15 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,077.15 ↓ -15%
United SmallGroup $1,120.00 ↓ -12%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,140.51 ↓ -10%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,430.00 ↑ +13%
United AllPayerAppendix $1,600.00 ↑ +26%
Curative Administrators COMM $1,672.00 ↑ +32%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,702.00 ↑ +34%
Aetna NBHMO $1,899.00 ↑ +50%
Aetna NBPOS $1,899.00 ↑ +50%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,017.00 ↑ +59%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,017.00 ↑ +59%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,115.00 ↑ +67%
Aetna NBPPO $2,181.00 ↑ +72%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,317.00 ↑ +83%
Oscar HIX $2,358.00 ↑ +86%
Aetna OONPOS $2,374.00 ↑ +87%
Aetna OONHMO $2,374.00 ↑ +87%
Cigna CSN $2,518.00 ↑ +99%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,564.00 ↑ +102%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,564.00 ↑ +102%
Aetna OONPPO $2,727.00 ↑ +115%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,728.00 ↑ +115%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,947.00 ↑ +133%
Cigna PPO $3,244.00 ↑ +156%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $4,255.00 ↑ +236%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↑ +270%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↑ +270%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $5,841.00 ↑ +361%

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