Inj mepivacaine hcl/10 ml 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

$161.51

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.

$161.51

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.

$2.59 with BCBS vs $145.36 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
BCBS MyBlueHealth $2.59 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $3.56 ↓ -98%
BCBS PPO $3.56 ↓ -98%
BCBS EPOSOA $3.56 ↓ -98%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $3.75 ↓ -98%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $3.75 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $4.45 ↓ -97%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6.19 ↓ -96%
United SmallGroup $6.19 ↓ -96%
United AllPayerAppendix $6.19 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $9.24 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $9.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $9.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $9.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $9.69 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $9.69 ↓ -94%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $10.01 ↓ -94%
Aetna MCR $10.71 ↓ -93%
Cigna PPO $11.92 ↓ -93%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $21.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $21.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $21.00 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $21.00 ↓ -87%
Humana HMO $22.40 ↓ -86%
Humana PPO $22.40 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $22.61 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $22.61 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $26.81 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $27.13 ↓ -83%
Superior HMO $28.26 ↓ -83%
Superior EPO $28.26 ↓ -83%
Superior ValueHMO $31.98 ↓ -80%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $38.28 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $38.28 ↓ -76%
Molina Healthcare HIX $43.61 ↓ -73%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $48.45 ↓ -70%
BCBS Traditional $56.53 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $69.45 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $72.68 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $86.08 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $88.83 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $88.83 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $96.91 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $96.91 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $96.91 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $104.98 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $121.13 ↓ -25%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $129.21 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $132.44 ↓ -18%
USA Managed Care COMM $137.28 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $137.28 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $137.28 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $137.28 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $145.36 ↓ -10%

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