Ghs urine, porphyrins quant 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

$609.79

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.

$609.79

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.

$12.11 with Texas Health Network vs $644.80 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 $12.11 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $12.36 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $12.36 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $12.36 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $12.36 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $12.36 ↓ -98%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $12.36 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.36 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $12.36 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $12.61 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $13.35 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $13.60 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $13.60 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $13.60 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $13.60 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $14.42 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $14.64 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $14.71 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $14.71 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.71 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $14.71 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $14.71 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $14.71 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $14.71 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $14.71 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $14.71 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $14.71 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $14.71 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $14.71 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $14.71 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $14.71 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $14.71 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $14.71 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $14.71 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $14.71 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $14.71 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $14.84 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $14.86 ↓ -98%
United MCR $15.00 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $15.15 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $15.15 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $15.15 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $15.15 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $15.15 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $15.15 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $15.45 ↓ -97%
Shared Health MGMCR $15.45 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $15.45 ↓ -97%
Humana MCD $15.45 ↓ -97%
American Health Plan MGMCR $15.45 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $15.45 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $15.45 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $15.45 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $15.45 ↓ -97%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $15.45 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $15.59 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $15.59 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $15.59 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $15.59 ↓ -97%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $15.59 ↓ -97%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $15.92 ↓ -97%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $15.92 ↓ -97%
Molina MGMCR $16.03 ↓ -97%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $17.65 ↓ -97%
Verda Health Plan MCR $19.12 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice HIX $21.33 ↓ -97%
Superior ValueHMO $21.33 ↓ -97%
Superior HMO $22.80 ↓ -96%
Superior EPO $22.80 ↓ -96%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $27.95 ↓ -95%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $29.13 ↓ -95%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $29.71 ↓ -95%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $30.89 ↓ -95%
Molina Healthcare HIX $31.63 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $32.80 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $36.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $36.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $36.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $36.59 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $36.59 ↓ -94%
BCBS HMO $41.04 ↓ -93%
Oscar HIX $42.51 ↓ -93%
BCBS EPOSOA $43.98 ↓ -93%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $44.12 ↓ -93%
BCBS PPO $46.92 ↓ -92%
Aetna QHPExchange $53.89 ↓ -91%
Cigna CSN $59.93 ↓ -90%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $64.91 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBHMO $71.66 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPPO $71.66 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBPOS $71.66 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMHMO $76.14 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMPOS $76.14 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMPPO $76.14 ↓ -88%
Cigna PPO $77.23 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPPO $89.44 ↓ -85%
Aetna OONHMO $89.44 ↓ -85%
Aetna OONPOS $89.44 ↓ -85%
Aetna ASAHMO $96.71 ↓ -84%
Aetna ASAPPO $96.71 ↓ -84%
Aetna ASAPOS $96.71 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $118.93 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $120.36 ↓ -80%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $166.47 ↓ -73%
Humana PPO $196.49 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $196.49 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $213.43 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $250.75 ↓ -59%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $250.75 ↓ -59%
United GlobalAppendix $274.41 ↓ -55%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $308.07 ↓ -49%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $322.40 ↓ -47%
Averde Health Commercial $322.40 ↓ -47%
Coventry National First Health COMM $325.02 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $394.04 ↓ -35%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $394.04 ↓ -35%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $429.86 ↓ -30%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $429.86 ↓ -30%
Independent Medical System COMM $429.86 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $457.34 ↓ -25%
Coastal Comp COMM $465.69 ↓ -24%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $518.32 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $587.48 ↓ -4%
Physicians, INC COMM $608.97 ↓ -0%
USA Managed Care COMM $608.97 ↓ -0%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $608.97 ↓ -0%
Affiliated PPO COMM $644.80 ↑ +6%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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