Indigotindisulfonate 8 mg/ml soln 5 ml ampule 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

$1,828.17

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.

$1,828.17

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.

$15.35 with United vs $1,645.35 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
United AllPayerAppendix $15.35 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $15.35 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $15.35 ↓ -99%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $19.76 ↓ -99%
Cigna CSN $24.68 ↓ -99%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $26.72 ↓ -99%
BCBS EPOSOA $27.22 ↓ -99%
BCBS HMO $27.22 ↓ -99%
BCBS PPO $27.22 ↓ -99%
Cigna PPO $31.82 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $33.97 ↓ -98%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $109.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $109.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $109.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $109.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $109.69 ↓ -94%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $237.66 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $237.66 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $237.66 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $237.66 ↓ -87%
Amerigroup MGMCD $255.94 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $255.94 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $303.48 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $307.13 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $433.28 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $433.28 ↓ -76%
Humana PPO $583.37 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $583.37 ↓ -68%
BCBS Traditional $639.86 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $731.27 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $786.11 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $822.68 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $974.41 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,005.49 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,005.49 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,096.90 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,096.90 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,096.90 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,188.31 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $1,371.13 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,499.10 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,553.94 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $1,553.94 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,553.94 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,553.94 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,645.35 ↓ -10%

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