IV Fluids (first hour) at HCA HOUSTON KINGWOOD

5324 ATASCOCITA RD, HUMBLE, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1811942238

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 1, 2026 · Ingested Sep 24, 2026

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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.

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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.

$41.16 with Superior Health Plan vs $617.40 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 CHIP $41.16 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $41.16 —
Superior Health Plan STAR $41.16 —
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $41.16 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $41.16 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $89.18 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $89.18 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $89.18 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $89.18 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $90.23 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $96.04 —
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $96.04 —
BCBS BAV $99.48 —
Cigna CSN $101.53 —
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $109.76 —
United OptionsPPO $115.25 —
BCBS HMO $124.55 —
BCBS EPOSOA $124.55 —
BCBS PPO $124.55 —
Cigna PPO $130.34 —
Oscar HIX $133.77 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $174.93 —
Evry Health BroadNetwork $187.28 —
Aetna NBPPO $213.35 —
Aetna NBHMO $213.35 —
Aetna NBPOS $213.35 —
Aetna COMMHMO $227.07 —
Aetna COMMPOS $227.07 —
Aetna COMMPPO $227.07 —
Humana PPO $227.27 —
Humana HMO $227.27 —
Imagine Health PPO $240.10 —
BCBS Traditional $240.10 —
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $240.10 —
Aetna OONPPO $266.17 —
Aetna OONHMO $266.17 —
Aetna OONPOS $266.17 —
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $274.40 —
Curative Administrators COMM $274.40 —
Aetna ASAHMO $287.43 —
Aetna ASAPPO $287.43 —
Aetna ASAPOS $287.43 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $294.98 —
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 —
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $308.70 —
United GlobalAppendix $308.70 —
Averde Health Commercial $308.70 —
Coventry National First Health COMM $355.35 —
United SmallGroup $358.56 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $358.56 —
United AllPayerAppendix $358.56 —
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $377.30 —
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $377.30 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $411.60 —
Independent Medical System COMM $411.60 —
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $411.60 —
Coastal Comp COMM $445.90 —
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $514.50 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $562.52 —
USA Managed Care COMM $583.10 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $583.10 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $583.10 —
Physicians, INC COMM $583.10 —
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 —
Affiliated PPO COMM $617.40 —

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IV Fluids (first hour) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,833.06 $148.46 – $148.46
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $488.60 $118.38 – $610.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $558.06 $114.87 – $837.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $527.15 $105.43 – $658.94
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $488.60 $90.23 – $610.75
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $558.06 $142.29 – $837.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $558.06 $288.33 – $837.09
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $527.15 $116.45 – $790.73

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