Ghs moderate sedation < 5 yr, 30 min 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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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.

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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.

$60.72 with BCBS vs $4,690.00 with Humana — 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $60.72
BCBS BAV $66.95
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $78.44
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $78.44
Superior Health Plan STARKids $78.44
Superior Health Plan STAR $78.44
Superior Health Plan CHIP $78.44
BCBS HMO $83.82
BCBS PPO $83.82
BCBS EPOSOA $83.82
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $169.95
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $169.95
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $169.95
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $169.95
Cigna CSN $193.48
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $209.17
Cigna PPO $248.39
Oscar HIX $254.93
United OptionsPPO $264.08
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $333.37
Aetna QHPExchange $346.44
Molina Healthcare HIX $352.98
Evry Health BroadNetwork $356.90
CHC Harris Health Indigent $392.20
Aetna NBPOS $419.65
Aetna NBPPO $419.65
Aetna NBHMO $419.65
Aetna COMMPOS $447.11
Aetna COMMPPO $447.11
Aetna COMMHMO $447.11
BCBS Traditional $457.57
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $522.93
Curative Administrators COMM $522.93
Aetna OONHMO $524.24
Aetna OONPPO $524.24
Aetna OONPOS $524.24
Aetna ASAHMO $566.07
Aetna ASAPPO $566.07
Aetna ASAPOS $566.07
United GlobalAppendix $588.30
Coventry National First Health COMM $696.81
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $980.50
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $1,045.86
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,111.23
Humana PPO $4,690.00
Humana HMO $4,690.00

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Ghs moderate sedation < 5 yr, 30 min at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,290.89 $99.91 – $99.91
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $240.00 $68.00 – $340.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $240.00 $49.40 – $360.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $240.00 $48.00 – $300.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $240.00 $60.72 – $340.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $240.00 $77.04 – $360.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $240.00 $124.00 – $360.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $240.00 $78.37 – $360.00

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