Inj., meropenem, vaborbactam 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

$1,981.22

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.

$1,981.22

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.

$0.99 with Superior Health Plan vs $1,783.10 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
Superior Health Plan STAR $0.99 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $0.99 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $0.99 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $0.99 ↓ -100%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $0.99 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $2.14 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $2.14 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $2.14 ↓ -100%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $2.14 ↓ -100%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3.23 ↓ -100%
United OptionsPPO $3.33 ↓ -100%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.60 ↓ -100%
United AllPayerAppendix $3.60 ↓ -100%
United SmallGroup $3.60 ↓ -100%
BCBS PPO $4.46 ↓ -100%
BCBS EPOSOA $4.46 ↓ -100%
BCBS HMO $4.46 ↓ -100%
Cigna CSN $5.49 ↓ -100%
BCBS BAV $5.56 ↓ -100%
BCBS Traditional $5.76 ↓ -100%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $5.95 ↓ -100%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $6.59 ↓ -100%
Cigna PPO $7.08 ↓ -100%
United GlobalAppendix $7.41 ↓ -100%
Coventry National First Health COMM $8.78 ↓ -100%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $12.35 ↓ -99%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $14.00 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $277.37 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MGMCD $277.37 ↓ -86%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $328.88 ↓ -83%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $469.55 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $469.55 ↓ -76%
Humana PPO $632.21 ↓ -68%
Humana HMO $632.21 ↓ -68%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $851.92 ↓ -57%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $1,089.67 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $1,089.67 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $1,188.73 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $1,188.73 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $1,188.73 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $1,287.79 ↓ -35%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $1,624.60 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $1,684.04 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $1,684.04 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $1,684.04 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $1,783.10 ↓ -10%

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Inj., meropenem, vaborbactam at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON CONROE CONROE $670.10 $3.23 – $5.49
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $281.22 $1.49 – $734.39
St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital Madisonville $26.14 $2.10 – $134.42
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HCA HOUSTON PEARLAND Pearland $1,007.81 $3.23 – $5.49
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $281.22 $1.80 – $734.39
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $281.22 $1.80 – $734.39
St. Joseph Health College Station Hospital College Station $26.14 $2.10 – $126.95

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