Ketone body(s) beta-hydroxybutyrate quantitative 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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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.

$6.72 with Texas Health Network vs $371.70 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 Health Network MCD $6.72
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $6.86
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $6.86
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $6.86
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $6.86
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $6.86
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $6.86
Amerigroup MGMCD $6.86
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $6.86
United MGMCD $7.00
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $7.41
Molina Healthcare CHIP $7.55
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $7.55
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $7.55
Molina Healthcare STAR $7.55
Oscar MGMCR $8.01
WellMed MGMCR $8.13
United SmallGroup $8.17
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $8.17
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.17
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $8.17
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $8.17
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $8.17
Devoted Health MGMCR $8.17
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $8.17
CHC Harris Health Indigent $8.17
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $8.17
BCBS MCRPPO $8.17
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $8.17
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $8.17
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $8.17
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $8.17
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $8.17
Amerigroup DualEligible $8.17
United AllPayerAppendix $8.17
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $8.17
Aetna MCR $8.24
Van Lang IPA MCR $8.25
United MCR $8.33
WellCare SNP $8.42
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $8.42
WellCare PFFS $8.42
WellCare MCRHMO $8.42
WellCare POS $8.42
WellCare PPO $8.42
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $8.58
Shared Health MGMCR $8.58
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $8.58
Humana MCD $8.58
American Health Plan MGMCR $8.58
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $8.58
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $8.58
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $8.58
Superior Health Plan PFFS $8.58
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $8.58
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $8.66
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $8.66
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $8.66
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $8.66
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $8.66
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $8.84
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $8.84
Molina MGMCR $8.91
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $9.80
Verda Health Plan MCR $10.62
Community Health Choice HIX $11.85
Superior ValueHMO $11.85
Superior HMO $12.66
Superior EPO $12.66
USA Managed Care WORKERSCOMP $15.52
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $16.18
BCBS MyBlueHealth $16.50
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $17.16
Molina Healthcare HIX $17.57
BCBS BAV $18.22
BCBS HMO $22.79
Oscar HIX $23.61
BCBS EPOSOA $24.43
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $24.52
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $24.78
Superior Health Plan CHIP $24.78
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $24.78
Superior Health Plan STAR $24.78
Superior Health Plan STARKids $24.78
BCBS PPO $26.06
Aetna QHPExchange $29.93
Cigna CSN $33.47
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $36.25
Aetna NBHMO $39.81
Aetna NBPOS $39.81
Aetna NBPPO $39.81
Aetna COMMHMO $42.29
Aetna COMMPOS $42.29
Aetna COMMPPO $42.29
Cigna PPO $43.13
Aetna OONPPO $49.68
Aetna OONHMO $49.68
Aetna OONPOS $49.68
Aetna ASAHMO $53.72
Aetna ASAPPO $53.72
Aetna ASAPOS $53.72
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $68.56
United OptionsPPO $69.38
Humana HMO $109.17
Humana PPO $109.17
Evry Health BroadNetwork $112.75
Imagine Health PPO $144.55
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $144.55
BCBS Traditional $144.55
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $177.59
Averde Health Commercial $185.85
United GlobalAppendix $185.85
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $185.85
Coventry National First Health COMM $220.13
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $227.15
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $227.15
Independent Medical System COMM $247.80
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $247.80
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $247.80
Coastal Comp COMM $268.45
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $309.75
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $338.66
Physicians, INC COMM $351.05
USA Managed Care COMM $351.05
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $351.05
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $351.05
Affiliated PPO COMM $371.70
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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