Iopamidol 250 mg iodine/ml (51 %) intravenous solution 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

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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.

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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.

$0.40 with Christus (USFHP) vs $79.02 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
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $0.40
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $0.40
BCBS MyBlueHealth $0.55
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $0.66
United SmallGroup $0.66
United AllPayerAppendix $0.66
BCBS EPOSOA $0.76
BCBS PPO $0.76
BCBS HMO $0.76
BCBS BAV $0.94
Cigna CSN $1.09
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $1.18
Cigna PPO $1.40
Humana HMO $3.31
Humana PPO $3.31
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $5.27
Superior Health Plan CHIP $5.27
Superior Health Plan STAR $5.27
Superior Health Plan STARKids $5.27
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $5.27
Aetna MCR $5.82
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $11.41
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $11.41
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $11.41
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $11.41
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $12.29
Amerigroup MGMCD $12.29
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $14.57
United OptionsPPO $14.75
Superior EPO $15.37
Superior HMO $15.37
Superior ValueHMO $17.38
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $20.81
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $20.81
Molina Healthcare HIX $23.71
CHC Harris Health Indigent $26.34
BCBS Traditional $30.73
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $37.75
United GlobalAppendix $39.51
Coventry National First Health COMM $46.80
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $48.29
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $48.29
Independent Medical System COMM $52.68
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $52.68
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $52.68
Coastal Comp COMM $57.07
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $65.85
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $70.24
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $72.00
Physicians, INC COMM $74.63
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $74.63
USA Managed Care COMM $74.63
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $74.63
Affiliated PPO COMM $79.02

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Iopamidol 250 mg iodine/ml (51 %) intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $492.98 $1.08 – $1.08
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $41.10 $1.05 – $1.56
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $89.85 $0.22 – $1.00
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $9.12 $0.60 – $15.17
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $89.85 $0.22 – $1.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $89.85 $0.22 – $1.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $89.85 $0.22 – $1.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $89.85 $0.22 – $1.00

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