Fluoroguide needle placement 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

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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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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.

$127.98 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,919.70 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 CHIP $127.98
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $127.98
Superior Health Plan STARKids $127.98
Superior Health Plan STAR $127.98
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $127.98
BCBS MyBlueHealth $131.30
Aetna MCR $141.42
BCBS BAV $166.36
BCBS HMO $253.64
BCBS EPOSOA $263.34
BCBS PPO $272.29
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $277.29
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $277.29
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $277.29
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $277.29
Amerigroup MGMCD $298.62
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $298.62
Cigna CSN $315.68
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $341.28
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $354.08
United OptionsPPO $358.34
Superior HMO $373.27
Superior EPO $373.27
Cigna PPO $405.27
Superior ValueHMO $422.33
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $505.52
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $505.52
Aetna QHPExchange $535.53
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $543.91
Molina Healthcare HIX $575.91
Evry Health BroadNetwork $582.31
CHC Harris Health Indigent $639.90
Aetna NBHMO $711.77
Aetna NBPOS $711.77
Aetna NBPPO $711.77
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $746.55
Imagine Health PPO $746.55
BCBS Traditional $746.55
Aetna COMMPPO $757.16
Aetna COMMHMO $757.16
Aetna COMMPOS $757.16
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $853.20
Curative Administrators COMM $853.20
Aetna OONPOS $890.28
Aetna OONHMO $890.28
Aetna OONPPO $890.28
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $917.19
Averde Health Commercial $959.85
United GlobalAppendix $959.85
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $959.85
Aetna ASAPPO $962.14
Aetna ASAHMO $962.14
Aetna ASAPOS $962.14
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,136.89
Humana PPO $1,161.04
Humana HMO $1,161.04
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,173.15
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,173.15
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,279.80
Independent Medical System COMM $1,279.80
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,279.80
Coastal Comp COMM $1,386.45
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,599.75
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $1,706.40
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,749.06
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,813.05
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,813.05
Physicians, INC COMM $1,813.05
USA Managed Care COMM $1,813.05
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,919.70

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Fluoroguide needle placement at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $680.87 $287.21 – $287.21
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $567.67 $149.20 – $804.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $487.05 $100.25 – $730.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $419.75 $83.95 – $524.68
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $567.67 $151.38 – $804.19
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $487.05 $156.34 – $730.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $487.05 $251.64 – $730.58
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $419.75 $139.92 – $629.62

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