Hand X-ray 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.

$36.68 with Texas Health Network vs $1,621.62 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 $36.68
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $37.09
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $37.09
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $37.09
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $37.09
Amerigroup MGMCD $37.43
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $37.43
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $37.43
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $37.43
United MGMCD $37.83
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $40.06
Molina Healthcare STAR $41.17
Molina Healthcare CHIP $41.17
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $41.17
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $41.17
Humana MCD $46.79
Cigna CSN $104.13
Superior Health Plan STARKids $108.11
Superior Health Plan CHIP $108.11
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $108.11
Superior Health Plan STAR $108.11
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $108.11
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $112.69
Cigna PPO $133.96
BCBS MyBlueHealth $140.47
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $153.71
Aetna QHPExchange $167.09
BCBS BAV $177.98
United AllPayerAppendix $182.03
United SmallGroup $182.03
Aetna NBPPO $222.08
Aetna NBHMO $222.08
Aetna NBPOS $222.08
Aetna COMMPPO $236.24
Aetna COMMHMO $236.24
Aetna COMMPOS $236.24
BCBS HMO $271.35
Aetna OONHMO $277.77
Aetna OONPOS $277.77
Aetna OONPPO $277.77
BCBS EPOSOA $281.73
BCBS PPO $291.31
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $299.10
Aetna ASAPOS $300.19
Aetna ASAPPO $300.19
Aetna ASAHMO $300.19
United OptionsPPO $302.70
Humana HMO $402.96
Humana PPO $402.96
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $459.46
Evry Health BroadNetwork $491.89
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $630.63
BCBS Traditional $630.63
Imagine Health PPO $630.63
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $720.72
Curative Administrators COMM $720.72
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $774.77
United GlobalAppendix $810.81
Averde Health Commercial $810.81
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $810.81
Coventry National First Health COMM $960.36
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $990.99
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $990.99
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,081.08
Independent Medical System COMM $1,081.08
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,081.08
Coastal Comp COMM $1,171.17
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,351.35
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,477.48
Physicians, INC COMM $1,531.53
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,531.53
USA Managed Care COMM $1,531.53
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,531.53
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,621.62

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Hand X-ray at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $586.01 $307.27 – $307.27
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $317.78 $37.43 – $397.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $390.52 $80.38 – $585.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $382.93 $37.43 – $478.67
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $317.78 $37.43 – $397.23
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $390.52 $40.05 – $585.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $390.52 $37.43 – $585.78
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $382.93 $37.43 – $574.40

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