Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s)/steroid lumb/s transforaminal epidural w/img single (both sides) 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

$18,771.37

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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.

$18,771.37

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.

$300.00 with Texas Athletic Network vs $16,894.23 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 Athletic Network Premier $300.00 ↓ -98%
Texas Health Network MCD $333.95 ↓ -98%
Amerigroup MGMCD $357.81 ↓ -98%
United MGMCD $365.66 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STAR $374.85 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $374.85 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $374.85 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $374.85 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $381.66 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $381.66 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $381.66 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $381.66 ↓ -98%
Humana MCD $425.96 ↓ -98%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $430.19 ↓ -98%
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 ↓ -97%
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 ↓ -97%
WellMed MGMCR $892.95 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $948.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $948.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $948.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STAR $948.00 ↓ -95%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $948.00 ↓ -95%
Aetna QHPExchange $1,430.00 ↓ -92%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $1,445.45 ↓ -92%
United SmallGroup $1,534.00 ↓ -92%
BCBS BAV $1,591.62 ↓ -92%
BCBS HMO $1,680.94 ↓ -91%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,732.00 ↓ -91%
BCBS EPOSOA $1,827.11 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBPOS $1,899.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna NBHMO $1,899.00 ↓ -90%
BCBS PPO $1,965.16 ↓ -90%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,012.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMPOS $2,017.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna COMMHMO $2,017.00 ↓ -89%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,115.00 ↓ -89%
Oscar HIX $2,128.00 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBPPO $2,181.00 ↓ -88%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,191.00 ↓ -88%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,251.00 ↓ -88%
Cigna CSN $2,284.00 ↓ -88%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,315.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna COMMPPO $2,317.00 ↓ -88%
Aetna OONHMO $2,374.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna OONPOS $2,374.00 ↓ -87%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $2,474.00 ↓ -87%
Aetna ASAPOS $2,564.00 ↓ -86%
Aetna ASAHMO $2,564.00 ↓ -86%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $2,627.99 ↓ -86%
Aetna OONPPO $2,727.00 ↓ -85%
Cigna PPO $2,942.00 ↓ -84%
Aetna ASAPPO $2,947.00 ↓ -84%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $3,116.05 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $3,153.59 ↓ -83%
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $4,255.00 ↓ -77%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $4,448.81 ↓ -76%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $4,448.81 ↓ -76%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↓ -75%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↓ -75%
BCBS Traditional $6,569.98 ↓ -65%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $7,508.55 ↓ -60%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $8,071.69 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $8,447.12 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $10,005.14 ↓ -47%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $10,324.25 ↓ -45%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $10,324.25 ↓ -45%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $11,262.82 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $11,262.82 ↓ -40%
Independent Medical System COMM $11,262.82 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $12,201.39 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $14,078.53 ↓ -25%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $15,392.52 ↓ -18%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $15,955.66 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $15,955.66 ↓ -15%
USA Managed Care COMM $15,955.66 ↓ -15%
Physicians, INC COMM $15,955.66 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $16,894.23 ↓ -10%

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