Heavy metal qual any number 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

$1,737.18

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.

$1,737.18

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.

$17.24 with Texas Health Network vs $1,563.46 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 $17.24 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $17.59 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $17.59 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $17.59 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $17.59 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $17.59 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $17.59 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $17.59 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $17.59 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $17.94 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $19.00 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $19.35 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $19.35 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $19.35 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $19.35 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $20.52 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $20.84 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $20.94 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $20.94 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $20.94 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $20.94 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $20.94 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $20.94 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $20.94 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $20.94 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $20.94 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $20.94 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $20.94 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $20.94 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $20.94 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $20.94 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $20.94 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $20.94 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $20.94 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $20.94 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $20.94 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $21.12 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $21.15 ↓ -99%
United MCR $21.36 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $21.57 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $21.57 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $21.57 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $21.57 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $21.57 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $21.57 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $21.99 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $21.99 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $21.99 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $21.99 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $21.99 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $21.99 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $21.99 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $21.99 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $21.99 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $21.99 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $22.20 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $22.20 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $22.20 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $22.20 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $22.20 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $22.66 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $22.66 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $22.82 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $25.13 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $27.22 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $30.36 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $30.36 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $32.46 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $32.46 ↓ -98%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $39.79 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $41.46 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $42.30 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $43.97 ↓ -97%
Molina Healthcare HIX $45.02 ↓ -97%
BCBS BAV $46.70 ↓ -97%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $56.50 ↓ -97%
BCBS HMO $58.42 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STAR $58.93 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $58.93 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $58.93 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $58.93 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $58.93 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $60.52 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $62.61 ↓ -96%
BCBS PPO $66.80 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $76.69 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $86.43 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $93.61 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPPO $101.98 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBHMO $101.98 ↓ -94%
Aetna NBPOS $101.98 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMHMO $108.35 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $108.35 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPOS $108.35 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $111.38 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONHMO $127.28 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPPO $127.28 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPOS $127.28 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPOS $137.62 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAHMO $137.62 ↓ -92%
Aetna ASAPPO $137.62 ↓ -92%
United OptionsPPO $198.38 ↓ -89%
Humana HMO $251.56 ↓ -86%
Humana PPO $251.56 ↓ -86%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $268.11 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $288.37 ↓ -83%
BCBS Traditional $343.73 ↓ -80%
United GlobalAppendix $441.94 ↓ -75%
Coventry National First Health COMM $523.45 ↓ -70%
Imagine Health PPO $608.01 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $608.01 ↓ -65%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $736.57 ↓ -58%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $746.99 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $781.73 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $781.73 ↓ -55%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $834.78 ↓ -52%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $955.45 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $955.45 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,042.31 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,042.31 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,042.31 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,129.17 ↓ -35%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,424.49 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,476.60 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,476.60 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,476.60 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,563.46 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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