Hc i-131 sodium iodide cap dx per mci 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

$349.11

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$349.11

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$20.95 with Superior Health Plan vs $455.73 with Humana — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Superior Health Plan CHIP $20.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $20.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $20.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $20.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $20.95 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $45.38 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $45.38 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $45.38 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $45.38 ↓ -87%
Oscar HIX $68.08 ↓ -80%
United OptionsPPO $70.52 ↓ -80%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $89.02 ↓ -75%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $91.71 ↓ -74%
Molina Healthcare HIX $94.26 ↓ -73%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $95.31 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $104.73 ↓ -70%
Aetna NBPPO $112.06 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBHMO $112.06 ↓ -68%
Aetna NBPOS $112.06 ↓ -68%
Aetna COMMHMO $119.40 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPOS $119.40 ↓ -66%
Aetna COMMPPO $119.40 ↓ -66%
BCBS Traditional $122.19 ↓ -65%
BCBS PPO $126.33 ↓ -64%
BCBS EPOSOA $126.33 ↓ -64%
BCBS HMO $126.33 ↓ -64%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $139.64 ↓ -60%
Curative Administrators COMM $139.64 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPPO $139.99 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONPOS $139.99 ↓ -60%
Aetna OONHMO $139.99 ↓ -60%
Aetna ASAPPO $151.16 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAHMO $151.16 ↓ -57%
Aetna ASAPOS $151.16 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $157.10 ↓ -55%
BCBS BAV $157.68 ↓ -55%
United SmallGroup $160.92 ↓ -54%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $160.92 ↓ -54%
United AllPayerAppendix $160.92 ↓ -54%
Coventry National First Health COMM $186.08 ↓ -47%
Cigna CSN $194.30 ↓ -44%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $210.36 ↓ -40%
Cigna PPO $250.50 ↓ -28%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $261.83 ↓ -25%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $279.29 ↓ -20%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $296.74 ↓ -15%
Humana HMO $455.73 ↑ +31%
Humana PPO $455.73 ↑ +31%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Hc i-131 sodium iodide cap dx per mci at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD $246.65 $91.71 – $455.73
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $300.71 $91.71 – $455.73
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $42.00 $174.99 – $186.82
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $391.11 $91.71 – $455.73
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $136.50 $42.11 – $390.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $136.50 $51.00 – $390.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $136.50 $51.00 – $390.00
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA $833.54 $91.71 – $455.73

All Texas hospitals for this procedure →