Graft impl ult thck 6x12cm -cost per sq cm 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

$2,109.00

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.

$2,109.00

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.

$51.33 with United vs $1,792.65 with Multiplan — 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
United AllPayerAppendix $51.33 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $51.33 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $69.17 ↓ -97%
Cigna CSN $75.29 ↓ -96%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $81.51 ↓ -96%
BCBS EPOSOA $95.28 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $95.28 ↓ -95%
BCBS HMO $95.28 ↓ -95%
Cigna PPO $97.06 ↓ -95%
BCBS BAV $118.93 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $126.54 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $126.54 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $126.54 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $126.54 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $126.54 ↓ -94%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $209.78 ↓ -90%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $274.17 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $274.17 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $274.17 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $274.17 ↓ -87%
Humana PPO $303.01 ↓ -86%
Humana HMO $303.01 ↓ -86%
United OptionsPPO $426.02 ↓ -80%
Molina Healthcare HIX $569.43 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $632.70 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $738.15 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $843.60 ↓ -60%
United GlobalAppendix $949.05 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $1,124.10 ↓ -47%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,581.75 ↓ -25%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $1,687.20 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,792.65 ↓ -15%

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Graft impl ult thck 6x12cm -cost per sq cm at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $34,943.93 $131.98 – $140.90
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $7,763.07 $10.17 – $34.65
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $40,917.45 $31.76 – $1,554.00
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $23,253.65 $35.15 – $10,909.80
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $17,536.05 $21.49 – $138.11
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $40,917.45 $38.47 – $1,554.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $40,917.45 $38.47 – $1,554.00
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $23,253.65 $35.15 – $28,591.50

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