Kidney (Retroperitoneal) Ultrasound (limited) 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.

$58.61 with Texas Health Network vs $5,099.40 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
Texas Health Network MCD $58.61 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $59.14 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $59.14 —
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $59.14 —
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $59.14 —
Amerigroup MGMCD $59.81 —
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $59.81 —
United MGMCD $60.32 —
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $63.87 —
Molina Healthcare STAR $65.79 —
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $65.79 —
Molina Healthcare CHIP $65.79 —
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $65.79 —
Humana MCD $74.76 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $89.72 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $89.72 —
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $89.72 —
BCBS MyBlueHealth $197.26 —
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $207.04 —
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $213.00 —
United SmallGroup $245.18 —
United AllPayerAppendix $245.18 —
BCBS BAV $249.94 —
Aetna NBPPO $251.51 —
Aetna NBPOS $251.51 —
Aetna NBHMO $251.51 —
Aetna COMMPPO $267.61 —
Aetna COMMHMO $267.61 —
Aetna COMMPOS $267.61 —
Texas Athletic Network Premier $300.00 —
Aetna OONHMO $314.64 —
Aetna OONPOS $314.64 —
Aetna OONPPO $314.64 —
Superior Health Plan CHIP $339.96 —
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $339.96 —
Superior Health Plan STAR $339.96 —
Superior Health Plan STARKids $339.96 —
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $339.96 —
Aetna ASAPPO $340.20 —
Aetna ASAHMO $340.20 —
Aetna ASAPOS $340.20 —
BCBS HMO $381.07 —
BCBS EPOSOA $395.64 —
BCBS PPO $409.09 —
Texas Athletic Network PremierPlus $500.00 —
Texas Athletic Network TexasCustomUC $600.00 —
United OptionsPPO $951.89 —
Evry Health BroadNetwork $1,546.82 —
Humana HMO $1,877.15 —
Humana PPO $1,877.15 —
Imagine Health PPO $1,983.10 —
Kelsey Care (Boon-Chapman) COMM $1,983.10 —
BCBS Traditional $1,983.10 —
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2,266.40 —
Curative Administrators COMM $2,266.40 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $2,436.38 —
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $2,549.70 —
Averde Health Commercial $2,549.70 —
United GlobalAppendix $2,549.70 —
Coventry National First Health COMM $2,934.99 —
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $3,116.30 —
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $3,116.30 —
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $3,399.60 —
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $3,399.60 —
Independent Medical System COMM $3,399.60 —
Coastal Comp COMM $3,682.90 —
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $4,249.50 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $4,646.12 —
USA Managed Care COMM $4,816.10 —
Physicians, INC COMM $4,816.10 —
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $4,816.10 —
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $4,816.10 —
Affiliated PPO COMM $5,099.40 —

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Kidney (Retroperitoneal) Ultrasound (limited) at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $1,068.52 $431.51 – $431.51
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $518.80 $59.81 – $648.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $537.62 $110.66 – $806.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BUDA Suite 110 $460.28 $59.81 – $575.35
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - CENTENNIAL Frisco $518.80 $59.81 – $648.50
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - COLLEGE STATION College Station $537.62 $64.00 – $806.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE CONTINUING CARE HOSPITAL Temple $537.62 $59.81 – $806.43
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER - CEDAR PARK Cedar Park $460.28 $59.81 – $690.42

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