Histamine 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

$749.23

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.

$749.23

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.

$24.31 with Texas Health Network vs $674.31 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 $24.31 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $24.81 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $24.81 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $24.81 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $24.81 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $24.81 ↓ -97%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $24.81 ↓ -97%
Amerigroup MGMCD $24.81 ↓ -97%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $24.81 ↓ -97%
United MGMCD $25.31 ↓ -97%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $26.79 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $27.29 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $27.29 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $27.29 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare STAR $27.29 ↓ -96%
Oscar MGMCR $28.94 ↓ -96%
WellMed MGMCR $29.38 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $29.53 ↓ -96%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $29.53 ↓ -96%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $29.53 ↓ -96%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $29.53 ↓ -96%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $29.53 ↓ -96%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $29.53 ↓ -96%
Devoted Health MGMCR $29.53 ↓ -96%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $29.53 ↓ -96%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $29.53 ↓ -96%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $29.53 ↓ -96%
BCBS MCRPPO $29.53 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $29.53 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $29.53 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $29.53 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $29.53 ↓ -96%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $29.53 ↓ -96%
Amerigroup DualEligible $29.53 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $29.53 ↓ -96%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $29.53 ↓ -96%
Aetna MCR $29.78 ↓ -96%
Van Lang IPA MCR $29.83 ↓ -96%
United MCR $30.12 ↓ -96%
WellCare SNP $30.42 ↓ -96%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $30.42 ↓ -96%
WellCare PFFS $30.42 ↓ -96%
WellCare MCRHMO $30.42 ↓ -96%
WellCare POS $30.42 ↓ -96%
WellCare PPO $30.42 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $31.01 ↓ -96%
Shared Health MGMCR $31.01 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $31.01 ↓ -96%
Humana MCD $31.01 ↓ -96%
American Health Plan MGMCR $31.01 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $31.01 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $31.01 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $31.01 ↓ -96%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $31.01 ↓ -96%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $31.01 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $31.30 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $31.30 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $31.30 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $31.30 ↓ -96%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $31.30 ↓ -96%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $31.96 ↓ -96%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $31.96 ↓ -96%
Molina MGMCR $32.19 ↓ -96%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $35.44 ↓ -95%
Verda Health Plan MCR $38.39 ↓ -95%
Community Health Choice HIX $42.82 ↓ -94%
Superior ValueHMO $42.82 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $44.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $44.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $44.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $44.95 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $44.95 ↓ -94%
Superior EPO $45.77 ↓ -94%
Superior HMO $45.77 ↓ -94%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $56.11 ↓ -93%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $58.47 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $59.65 ↓ -92%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $62.01 ↓ -92%
Molina Healthcare HIX $63.49 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $65.85 ↓ -91%
BCBS HMO $82.39 ↓ -89%
Oscar HIX $85.34 ↓ -89%
BCBS EPOSOA $88.29 ↓ -88%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $88.60 ↓ -88%
BCBS PPO $94.20 ↓ -87%
Aetna QHPExchange $108.16 ↓ -86%
Cigna CSN $121.28 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $124.37 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $125.87 ↓ -83%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $131.37 ↓ -82%
Aetna NBPPO $143.84 ↓ -81%
Aetna NBHMO $143.84 ↓ -81%
Aetna NBPOS $143.84 ↓ -81%
Aetna COMMPOS $152.82 ↓ -80%
Aetna COMMPPO $152.82 ↓ -80%
Aetna COMMHMO $152.82 ↓ -80%
Cigna PPO $156.30 ↓ -79%
Aetna OONPOS $179.52 ↓ -76%
Aetna OONPPO $179.52 ↓ -76%
Aetna OONHMO $179.52 ↓ -76%
Aetna ASAPPO $194.11 ↓ -74%
Aetna ASAPOS $194.11 ↓ -74%
Aetna ASAHMO $194.11 ↓ -74%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $204.54 ↓ -73%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $262.23 ↓ -65%
Imagine Health PPO $262.23 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $262.23 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $322.17 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $337.15 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $337.15 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $337.15 ↓ -55%
Humana PPO $394.50 ↓ -47%
Humana HMO $394.50 ↓ -47%
Coventry National First Health COMM $399.34 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $412.08 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $412.08 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $449.54 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $449.54 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $449.54 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $487.00 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $561.92 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $614.37 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $636.85 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $636.85 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $636.85 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $636.85 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $674.31 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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