Insert swan-ganz cath 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

$3,981.05

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.

$3,981.05

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.

$517.54 with Community Health Choice MCD vs $16,261.00 with Aetna — 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
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $517.54 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $517.54 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $517.54 ↓ -87%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $517.54 ↓ -87%
United OptionsPPO $804.17 ↓ -80%
BCBS Traditional $1,393.37 ↓ -65%
United SmallGroup $1,534.00 ↓ -61%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $1,592.42 ↓ -60%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $1,732.00 ↓ -56%
United GlobalAppendix $1,791.47 ↓ -55%
Curative Administrators COMM $2,012.00 ↓ -49%
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,121.90 ↓ -47%
United AllPayerAppendix $2,191.00 ↓ -45%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $2,431.00 ↓ -39%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $2,434.00 ↓ -39%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $2,795.00 ↓ -30%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $2,795.00 ↓ -30%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $2,795.00 ↓ -30%
Superior Health Plan STAR $2,795.00 ↓ -30%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $2,795.00 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $2,985.79 ↓ -25%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $3,383.89 ↓ -15%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $3,498.00 ↓ -12%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $3,604.80 ↓ -9%
BCBS BAV $3,963.65 ↓ -0%
Humana PPO $4,690.00 ↑ +18%
Humana HMO $4,690.00 ↑ +18%
Averde Health Commercial $5,000.00 ↑ +26%
BCBS HMO $5,496.91 ↑ +38%
Oscar HIX $5,571.00 ↑ +40%
BCBS EPOSOA $5,872.07 ↑ +48%
BCBS PPO $6,247.23 ↑ +57%
Aetna QHPExchange $9,064.00 ↑ +128%
Aetna NBHMO $12,039.00 ↑ +202%
Aetna NBPOS $12,039.00 ↑ +202%
Aetna NBPPO $12,039.00 ↑ +202%
Aetna COMMPPO $12,794.00 ↑ +221%
Aetna COMMPOS $12,794.00 ↑ +221%
Aetna COMMHMO $12,794.00 ↑ +221%
Aetna OONPPO $15,050.00 ↑ +278%
Aetna OONPOS $15,050.00 ↑ +278%
Aetna OONHMO $15,050.00 ↑ +278%
Aetna ASAPPO $16,261.00 ↑ +308%
Aetna ASAPOS $16,261.00 ↑ +308%
Aetna ASAHMO $16,261.00 ↑ +308%

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