Homovanillic acid (hva) 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

$1,312.14

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.

$1,312.14

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.

$18.44 with Texas Health Network vs $1,180.93 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 $18.44 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $18.82 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $18.82 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $18.82 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $18.82 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $18.82 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $18.82 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $18.82 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $18.82 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $19.20 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $20.33 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $20.70 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $20.70 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $20.70 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $20.70 ↓ -98%
Oscar MGMCR $21.96 ↓ -98%
WellMed MGMCR $22.30 ↓ -98%
United SmallGroup $22.41 ↓ -98%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $22.41 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $22.41 ↓ -98%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $22.41 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $22.41 ↓ -98%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $22.41 ↓ -98%
Devoted Health MGMCR $22.41 ↓ -98%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $22.41 ↓ -98%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $22.41 ↓ -98%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $22.41 ↓ -98%
BCBS MCRPPO $22.41 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $22.41 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $22.41 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $22.41 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $22.41 ↓ -98%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $22.41 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup DualEligible $22.41 ↓ -98%
United AllPayerAppendix $22.41 ↓ -98%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $22.41 ↓ -98%
Aetna MCR $22.60 ↓ -98%
Van Lang IPA MCR $22.63 ↓ -98%
United MCR $22.86 ↓ -98%
WellCare SNP $23.08 ↓ -98%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $23.08 ↓ -98%
WellCare PFFS $23.08 ↓ -98%
WellCare MCRHMO $23.08 ↓ -98%
WellCare POS $23.08 ↓ -98%
WellCare PPO $23.08 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $23.52 ↓ -98%
Shared Health MGMCR $23.53 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $23.53 ↓ -98%
American Health Plan MGMCR $23.53 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $23.53 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $23.53 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $23.53 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $23.53 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $23.53 ↓ -98%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $23.53 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $23.75 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $23.75 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $23.75 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $23.75 ↓ -98%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $23.75 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $24.25 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $24.25 ↓ -98%
Molina MGMCR $24.43 ↓ -98%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $26.89 ↓ -98%
Verda Health Plan MCR $29.13 ↓ -98%
Superior ValueHMO $32.49 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $32.49 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $34.74 ↓ -97%
Superior EPO $34.74 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STAR $38.06 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $38.06 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $38.06 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $38.06 ↓ -97%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $38.06 ↓ -97%
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $42.58 ↓ -97%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $44.37 ↓ -97%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $45.27 ↓ -97%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $47.06 ↓ -96%
Molina Healthcare HIX $48.18 ↓ -96%
BCBS BAV $49.97 ↓ -96%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $58.05 ↓ -96%
BCBS HMO $62.52 ↓ -95%
Oscar HIX $64.76 ↓ -95%
BCBS EPOSOA $67.01 ↓ -95%
BCBS PPO $71.49 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPExchange $82.08 ↓ -94%
Cigna CSN $92.01 ↓ -93%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $99.66 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPPO $109.16 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBPOS $109.16 ↓ -92%
Aetna NBHMO $109.16 ↓ -92%
Aetna COMMHMO $115.97 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPPO $115.97 ↓ -91%
Aetna COMMPOS $115.97 ↓ -91%
Cigna PPO $118.58 ↓ -91%
United OptionsPPO $128.13 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPPO $136.24 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONHMO $136.24 ↓ -90%
Aetna OONPOS $136.24 ↓ -90%
Aetna ASAPPO $147.31 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAPOS $147.31 ↓ -89%
Aetna ASAHMO $147.31 ↓ -89%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $173.17 ↓ -87%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $217.82 ↓ -83%
BCBS Traditional $222.02 ↓ -83%
Humana PPO $258.49 ↓ -80%
Humana HMO $258.49 ↓ -80%
United GlobalAppendix $285.45 ↓ -78%
Coventry National First Health COMM $338.10 ↓ -74%
Imagine Health PPO $459.25 ↓ -65%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $459.25 ↓ -65%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $475.75 ↓ -64%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $539.18 ↓ -59%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $564.22 ↓ -57%
Averde Health Commercial $590.46 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $590.46 ↓ -55%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $721.68 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $721.68 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $787.28 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $787.28 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $787.28 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $852.89 ↓ -35%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,075.95 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,115.32 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,115.32 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,115.32 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,180.93 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $122.39 $10.00 – $90.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $125.84 $12.00 – $108.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $105.00 $12.00 – $90.00
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BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $125.84 $12.00 – $108.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $125.84 $8.00 – $108.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $105.00 $12.00 – $108.00
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE ALL SAINTS MEDICAL CENTER - FORT WORTH Fort Worth $122.39 $10.00 – $90.00

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