Lactated ringers 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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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.

$2.38 with TriWest Health Alliance vs $263.80 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
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $2.38
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $2.38
United AllPayerAppendix $3.93
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $3.93
United SmallGroup $3.93
Cigna CSN $5.95
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $6.45
Cigna PPO $7.68
BCBS MyBlueHealth $11.64
BCBS EPOSOA $16.04
BCBS HMO $16.04
BCBS PPO $16.04
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $17.59
Superior Health Plan CHIP $17.59
Superior Health Plan STAR $17.59
Superior Health Plan STARKids $17.59
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $17.59
Aetna MCR $19.43
BCBS BAV $20.02
Humana PPO $24.45
Humana HMO $24.45
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $38.10
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $38.10
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $38.10
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $38.10
Amerigroup MGMCD $41.04
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $41.04
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $48.66
United OptionsPPO $49.24
Superior EPO $51.29
Superior HMO $51.29
Superior ValueHMO $58.04
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $69.47
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $69.47
Molina Healthcare HIX $79.14
CHC Harris Health Indigent $87.93
BCBS Traditional $102.59
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $126.04
United GlobalAppendix $131.90
Coventry National First Health COMM $156.23
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $161.21
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $161.21
Independent Medical System COMM $175.87
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $175.87
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $175.87
Coastal Comp COMM $190.52
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $219.83
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $234.49
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $240.35
Physicians, INC COMM $249.14
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $249.14
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $249.14
USA Managed Care COMM $249.14
Affiliated PPO COMM $263.80

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Lactated ringers intravenous solution at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Adventhealth Rollins Brook Lampasas $116.56 $22.87 – $22.87
Covenant Children's Hospital Lubbock $48.11 $8.62 – $23.72
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena $10.66 $3.44 – $22.84
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $24.28 $0.59 – $2.64
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin $47.66 $2.73 – $285.96
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring $24.28 $0.59 – $2.64
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land $24.28 $0.59 – $2.64
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands $24.28 $0.59 – $2.64

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