Hydrocolld drg >16<=48 without b 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.

$23.49 with Oscar vs $184.38 with Humana — 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
Oscar MGMCR $23.49
WellMed MGMCR $23.85
Devoted Health MGMCR $23.97
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $23.97
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $23.97
Amerigroup DualEligible $23.97
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $23.97
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $23.97
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $23.97
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $23.97
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $23.97
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $23.97
BCBS MCRPPO $23.97
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $23.97
CHC Harris Health Indigent $23.97
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $23.97
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $23.97
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $23.97
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $23.97
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $23.97
Aetna MCR $24.17
Van Lang IPA MCR $24.21
BCBS MyBlueHealth $24.23
United MCR $24.45
WellCare POS $24.69
WellCare PPO $24.69
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $24.69
WellCare PFFS $24.69
WellCare MCRHMO $24.69
WellCare SNP $24.69
Superior Health Plan PFFS $25.17
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $25.17
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $25.17
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $25.17
American Health Plan MGMCR $25.17
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $25.17
Shared Health MGMCR $25.17
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $25.17
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $25.17
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $25.41
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $25.41
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $25.41
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $25.41
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $25.41
Molina MGMCR $26.13
BCBS BAV $26.77
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $28.76
Verda Health Plan MCR $31.16
BCBS HMO $33.41
Superior ValueHMO $34.76
Community Health Choice HIX $34.76
BCBS EPOSOA $35.37
Superior EPO $37.15
Superior HMO $37.15
BCBS PPO $37.32
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $45.54
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $47.46
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $50.34
Molina Healthcare HIX $51.54
Humana PPO $184.38
Humana HMO $184.38

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Hydrocolld drg >16<=48 without b at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton) Austin $89.64 $19.34 – $23.45
HCA HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE FRIENDSWOOD not published $23.49 – $51.54
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston not published $23.49 – $51.54
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock not published $22.47 – $22.47
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE not published $23.49 – $51.54
HCA HOUSTON NORTHWEST SPRING not published $23.49 – $51.54
HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland not published $23.49 – $51.54
HCA HOUSTON SOUTHEAST PASADENA not published $23.49 – $51.54

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